Re: Unknown Powerstat

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

I agree they seem light. In fact, both of these weigh
about the same as one of my 120 v 45.8 amp Powerstats.
I was just hoping someone knew if the marking on the
bottom meant anything, or if I just have to crank it
up until the brushes start glowin'. FWIW, these are
Superior Electric Powerstats.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com
 >
 > In a message dated 8/28/03 7:19:39 PM Pacific
 > Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > >I just picked up a pair of ganged Powerstats at a
 > >garage sale. They weigh in at around 42 pounds for
 > the
 > >two of them. They have no markings other that on
 > the
 > >bottom, where each one says GP58004.
 >
 >
 > Adam,
 >
 > I feel reasonably sure that these are 120 volt
 > variac units. I have
 > a couple that look a just like those that you have.
 > The ones
 > that I have are 30 amp rated and it looks like yours
 > may be, too,
 > judging by the size of the wire on them. But you
 > said that these
 > are 42 lbs. total for the both of them?  That would
 > seem a bit
 > light for 7.2 kVA worth of variac.?
 >
 > David Rieben
 >
 >