Re: Variacs in parallel ?

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• Subject: Re: Variacs in parallel ?
• From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
• Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:13:19 -0600
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Try to match the voltage of the two variacs up as much as possible.  The
dissipation and such follows the V^2/R law so the burning of the brushes
and such can get nasty very quickly if the voltages start to differ much.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 01:49 PM 04/18/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> can I put smaller variacs in parallel to withstand more power ?
>
>With identical variacs, you can often put them on a common shaft without too
>much trouble. This coupling is called "ganging" the variacs.  Other ideas
>for paralleling variacs are probably not very safe :-)
>
>-Adam
>

• Variacs in parallel ?
• From: "Daniele Bortoluzzi" <dbortoluzzi-at-sogeda.it> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)

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