Re: You wanted a V A R I A C ?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

Inquiries and questions about these varaics should probably be sent
straight to Dan at:

"Dan" <toodamtall1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Thats where I just forward the last five post about them I got here to ;-))

Cheers,

	Terry

At 04:26 PM 8/2/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>I write this email with quite a bit of exhubilation.
>As I've stated many times before but never hesitate to
>reiterate, I am very pleased to have found you folks.
>You are helping me work towards a cool thing that has
>only been a dream before a few months ago. I am very
>grateful for that.
>
>Upon leaving work tonight (Fri. night) I saw a guy
>from next door (the company who shares the bldg I work
>in) out by the dumpster obviously taking something
>they tossed out there. So I helped him load a couple
>huge hunks of a disassembled drill press into his car
>and got talking about stuff. I even got to go in and
>see what they do. WELL<<<<<<<<<
>
>Turns out this company is one of the few companies in
>the world, so he said, that make variacs. He also
>stated that they're the ONLY company in the world that
>makes 35A variacs. Last week I posted a picture of one
>I found in the dumpster and thus started a thread
>about dumpster diving. Well he told me why that was in
>the trash. Apparently they started making some of
>these 35A variacs with the wrong wire and made a
>couple dozen. We tended to agree that the reason for
>their reject of the variacs would be null for us in
>Tesla Coiling. He said he's going to give me a NEW one
>and there possibly is like ten more that they're going
>to TOSS out. AS far as Tesla coiling is concerned
>these are new 35A variacs WITH a big phenolyc knob.
>They just can't go into regular service in industrial
>lighting, where they were designed for.
>
>Unfortunately they weigh like 40lbs EACH. BUT if
>anyone wants one I will get it and send it to you as
>long as you pay for the shipping. We probably couldn't
>buy variacs like this and I'm sure it would be great
>with a pig TC or any TC for that matter. I'm sure
>between you experts like Terry, Duck, Gary, D.C. and
>many more, who know who they are, we could design a
>wooden crate that I could use to pack it in. I have
>plenty of plywood in my garage, table saw and tools.
>Hey call me a sucker but you guys are helping me
>so......what goes around comes around.
>
>I just had to post this as I think it is an awesome
>discovery and wanted to share it with you all.
>
>Dan--Ft. Lauderdale
>
>
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