Re: he hath no identity!

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 10/16/04 4:36:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Original poster: "Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net>
>
>
>Hey, it's me again... I recently acquired a huge variac at
>a decent price (finally), but I can't get any specs on it.
>
>Since the manufacturer has obviously hit on the idea that
>it's no longer "cool" to answer their e-mail or faxes, I
>was hoping that some knowledgeable person on this list
>might know something.
>
>The nameplate bears little information.  Aside from the name
>of the manufacturer, only a "type" value is filled in... the
>rest is blank...
>
>Superior Electric Company
>Powerstat Variable Autotransformer
>Type: S345P
>
>A picture resides at
>http://members.cox-dot-net/msbsales/variac.jpg
>
>--
>C.L. Mayeux, MsEE


Christopher,

It looks like a 120 volt, maybe 10 to 15 amp variac.  It is not one of the 
30 amp 240 volt variety as they are much wider than they are tall.

Ed Sonderman