Re: Variac Troubles

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

Hi Winston,

99.9% chance your are hooking something up wrong here.  Very carefully
trace out where each wire to the binding posts is going.  Take it apart if
needed.  It is so easy for them to hide connections which make all the
difference in the world here.  I am sure the AC is just getting to too few
coil windings due to confusion in the hidden areas of the wiring.  

They don't make 80 VAC variacs or anything ;-))  You just have to find
where those darn wires go...

Cheers,

	Terry



At 09:13 PM 9/28/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>	I just bought what APPEARED to be a 1256 Powerstat variac.  The trouble
>is, it saturates beyond 120 VAC in.  The new unit is identical to my
>existing 1256, except for the wiring beneath the binding posts.  The new
>unit looks like it uses the whole winding, but there are wires that go
>someplace INSIDE the core.  I can't tell where these wires go.
>
>	Is it possible that this variac uses a different core material, which
>saturates more easily?  I say again that the two units are IDENTICAL in
>every way other than that stated above.
>
>Please help, I'm stumped :-P.
>Winston K.
>