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Re: dimmer switches

Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

He said it was very old...a knick in the windings somewhere could easily
cause it to burn out. Although I have a 20 amp 120 volt variac(that I wish I
hadnt de motorized!!!)from the 1940s that is still going strong.

---Eric
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 10:24 PM
Subject: 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
>  > >
>  >
>  >
>