Re: New Variac (and lots of ?'s)

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Original poster: "Peter Komen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pkomen-at-zianet-dot-com>

eBay is not always reliable.  I got a used variac quite cheap.
Unfortunately the middle of the windings are all loose where the wiper
contacts them.  The thing was motor driven and that may explain the excess
wear.  Be careful with eBay too.

OTOH, for $190, I agree with Dan.

Regards,

Pete Komen
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Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 8:19 AM
Subject: RE: New Variac (and lots of ?'s)


> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
>
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> Hate to say it, but you got ripped off.  You should have tried ebay.  I
just
> bought (2) 240VAC, 40A variacs off the site in the past two weeks for only
> $30.00 each. Plus for $190 i would expect at least a variac in good
> condition in which i didn't have to make any changes to.
>
> Dan