Re: Variac Modification

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
>I have a 20A, 0-180VAC Variac which only has three connections:
>1.  Input AC - (at beginning of windings)
>2.  Input AC - (at about 75% to end of windings)
>3.  Output Tap
>Currently with 120VAC input, you can get about 0-180VAC.
>My question is can I simply move that one wire connection at 75% and move it
>to the end at 100% to make a 0-120VAC variac?
<SNIP
>Thanks much.
>Dan

Dan,

Absolutely! You could also run a 240 volt variac off 120 volts with no problem.

-- Bert --

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