[Boatanchors] OK Smart People: Capacitive Voltage Divider?

[rbethman]

I also own a very large old Superior variac.

It is rated somewhere close to 40A.  Once my impending hernia repairs 
are completed, I'll look into placing it in a rack.  It weighs somewhere 
around 70 lbs.

It would be easy to add metering to monitor the output.  I already have 
an AC standalone meter for the voltage.  There is an old Weston clamp on 
ammeter that would get pressed into service for the current monitoring.

The rack will have to have weight added to the rear to counter the mass 
of the variac.

This has been here for some odd number of years, and was intended for a 
project that never materialized.  It has been long enough, and this year 
has already been slated for the shack operating position rebuild.

It will be put off until recovery, then get underway.

Bob - N0DGN

On 3/18/2012 12:58 PM, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:
> I run my entire bench and Amateur station off a 25 Amp Varic. It's wired
> into it's own 25 amp service from my sub panel. I have both voltage and
> current meters connected to it so I can monitor the line conditions.
> since some but all my equipment is tube based this seemed the best way to
> go for my set up. I have built bucking transformer set ups for other tube
> radios. I found that a 12.6 volt transformer with a secondary of a few
> amps is more than needed for most receivers.
>
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>                                  Jeff N2LXM
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