Re: re: D5000 - B Luxtrol variac

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi David,

The taper winding is not a tap but a second winding in parallel with the
main winding to handle higher current.  This winding is connected at the
midpoint of the main winding.  You should see a solder joint there.  The
D6000s I have are identical in looks to the ones Adam has.

David E Weiss

  > Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com
 >  >
 >  > Adam,
 >  >
 >  > Actually my Luxtrol looks almost identical to the
 >  > 1256D's that you
 >  > got from me, externally. I'm at work now so I can't
 >  > snap any pics to
 >  > send to hotstreamer-dot-com. Maybe if I can get out my
 >  > digicam tomorrow,
 >  > I can snap a pic of it and put it on hotstreamer.
 >  > The only difference
 >  > is the stick-on label that reads "Luxtrol" instead
 >  > of Powerstat. Of
 >  > course it is taper wound like yours and has no taps
 >  > like David Weiss
 >  > mentioned.
 >  >
 >  > David Rieben