Re: Variac buy ?

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

I have one of these:

http://www.hot-streamer.com/adam/garage/variac_520_volt_30_amp_1.jpg

If memory serves, I paid $100 for mine. I paid more
for shipping than for for the item!

It's a GE VoltPac. Given all the taps, you could
easily put in 120 or 240 and get anything up to 540
out. You gotta watch the current if you do this
though. There are charts for this. Each unit is
actually a little smaller than a 1256, though the
whole thing weighs a ton. It has a nice big dc motor
actuator on top.

Adam


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi, Thanks for the info,..could they still be used
> with 240v input ?? , my
> 240v Gen Rad will also work on 120v, ,......arnt the
> 1256 s rated at 28
> amps ?? Thanks,dave ...I may pass on this deal
>
>
>  >From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  >Subject: Re: Variac buy ?
>  >Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:14:08 -0600
>  >
>  >Original poster: "David Rieben"
> <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  >David B., all,
>  >
>  >These are nice variacs, to say the least, but they
> are NOT
>  >1256D Powerstats, which are rated at 240/280 volts
> at
>  >56 amps each. These are GE made units each rated
> at
>  >500 or 560 volts at 30 amps each. They could still
> be pa-
>  >ralleled for 90 amps of current rating although
> most of us
>  >can only feed them with 240 volt single phase and
> not
>  >480 volts.
>  >
>  >David Rieben
>  >
>  >----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list"
> <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:55 PM
>  >Subject: RE: Variac buy ?
>  >
>  >
>  >>Original poster: "david baehr"
> <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>The # is 7508735098 , this person has two such 3
> gang units, Im
>  >>waiting for a reply to my question I gave him, Im
> just guessing
>  >>they are powerstats 1256 , look and
> see...........
>  >>
>  >> >From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  >> >Subject: RE: Variac buy ?
>  >> >Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 16:18:08 -0600
>  >> >
>  >> >Original poster: "Coyle, Thomas M."
> <tcoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >> >
>  >> >What's the auction number? I can't find
> anything like that
>  >> >description,
>  >> >and would like to look at the auction before I
> commit.
>  >> >
>  >> >-----Original Message-----
>  >> >From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
>  >> >Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 10:11 AM
>  >> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  >> >Subject: Variac buy ?
>  >> >
>  >> >
>  >> >Original poster: "david baehr"
> <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >> >
>  >> >Hi, There are two 3 gang variacs on ebay ,
> looks to be 3 1256
>  >> >powerstats
>  >> >,
>  >> >if I could buy one stack for $600 or less (
> ship incl ) , would
>  >> >anyone
>  >> >be
>  >> >intrested in buying one or more units, as I
> only want one ,...it
>  >> >would
>  >> >be
>  >> >around $200 each. (maybe 200 isnt such a hot
> deal ? )Or , does
>  >> >anyone
>  >> >here
>  >> >have a similer unit they would like to sell ???
> I am pushing my
>  >>Gen.
>  >> >Rad.
>  >> >240v/8amp up to twice its rating at times, and
> the the brush
>  >>action
>  >> >gets
>  >> >
>  >> >less smooth after each 'run' ,.. i did put a
> new brush on it ,
>  >> >Thanks,dave
>  >> >
>  >> >
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