[QuadList] Variacs and awakening gear from long naps (was Got my VR 1200's)

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for safey - always remember a Variac is an "autotransformer" and  provides 
no electrical isolation from the powerline 
 
 
elecIn a message dated 11/27/2009 9:25:18 A.M. US Mountain  Standard Time, 
quadruplex at verizon.net writes:

Hi  Ted....
It's just a cheap chinese one I bought off eBay several years  ago.  It 
has a built in voltmeter, which is nice, and is rated for 15  amps if I 
remember right.  It has a normal 110v outlet on it as  well.
So far, it works just fine.
Guy

Ted Langdell wrote:
>  Hi, Guy,
>
> On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:54 AM, Guy Spiller  wrote:
>
>> In the anecdotal evidence department, I did find  that I got a lot 
>> less smoke on the TR-70 I brought up slowly on  the Variac than the 
>> one I didn't.
>
>
> Tell us  about your Variac:  Make/Model, capacities, connectors, etc.   
> Where'd you get yours, etc.
>
> Could be of use to folks  wanting to acquire one able to handle the 
> biggest of the big  iron.
>
> Hope everyone got enough "amperage" at the groaning  board yesterday, 
> but without increasing the linear measurement of the  waistline.
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
>  Secretary
>



 
Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC  

See the Museum's Web Site at _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org/) 

We are always looking for  items to add to the museum's display and ref. 
library - please advise if you  have anything we can use.

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