Re: Dumpster Diving

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Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>

Hi Dan,

   I've been busted dumpster diving, so be careful :)

   Looks like you have a nice variac there.  Is there a faceplate on it at 
all?  I can't tell by looking at it wether it runs on 120 or 240v.  It 
should work fine on 120v though.  Here's how it hooks up -

   There should be 3 leads on it (as there are in the picture.)  2 leads 
run to the ends of the winding on the core, the third goes to the wiper.

   You want to run the white (neutral) to one end of the windings, and the 
black to the other end.  You then take your output power from between the 
neutral and the wiper lead.  Unless it's designed to run at 400hz 
(unlikely), you should be able to run it on 120v with no problem, but I 
don't know how to tell if it'll run properly on 240v without manufacturer 
specs.

  You *WILL* need to fit it with a shaft and a control wheel/handle.  It 
was originally motor driven by what the picture says, and do *NOT* try to 
move the wiper by pushing on it with your hand.  The wiper sits at between 
0 and 120v, so touching it will give you nasty shock in the worst case.

  Good find!
  Shad G5-1203

At 10:06 AM 7/24/02, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Dan by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><toodamtall1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi Folks,
>I don't care what anyone says about dumpster diving.
>There are some really good things in them. I hope this
>thing is good. Can anyone tell me how to figure out
>the wiring? Thank you.
>
>Any input on this
>
>http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/p7240002.jpg
>
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Dan Ft. Lauderdale
>
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