[ARC5] Need Help with Variac Diagnosis

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Brian, the connections are discussed in the text, and only the simplest
style of variac is shown in the diagram. I found it a useful article.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Brian <brianclarke01 at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> Hello Wayne,
> The url you provide is actually misleading. The language does not meet
> NEMA standard - I suspect it's written by a journalist. The wiring diagram
> will not provide the marked output Voltages. The active mains input should
> go to pin 2.
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>
> On Friday, February 20, 2015 6:43 AM , you said:
>
> Within the past 18 months a friend of mine has found two Variacs in the
> airport dumpster and gave them to me (yes, our airport has the very best
> trash!)  One is a 5 amp that I have all nicely installed in a cabinet. The
> other he just gave me is a little Powerstat rated at about 140VA.
>
> It had been a while since I hooked up one of the critters so I found this
> on the Internet:
>
> http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/VariacPage/
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Wayne
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