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RE: dimmer switches



Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


that variac should have handled a 9/30 with no sweat ! ?? thats like 2.5 amps or so ??


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: dimmer switches
>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:10:47 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>
>
>Most folks will tell you "No, dimmers work only with resistive
>loads."
>I would have said the same thing until I tried it and found that it
>did,
>sort of, work. But it was "uneven", and I'm not sure the 100%
>setting
>was in fact 100%. And you won't ever get 140V out of a dimmer, so
>why
>bother ;-)? Ebay is your friend with lots of Variacs.
>
>Regards, Gary Lau
>MA, USA
>
> > Original poster: hue jass <chesscactuar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I bought a very old 4 amp variac, but after running it with my
>9/30
>NST, it
> > overheated and several of the windings broke. I was wondering if
>it
>would
> > be okay to use 6 amp light dimmer switchs until i can get my
>hands on
>a
> > better variac? Thanks.
> >
> > Blake
> >
>
>