Re: Series Variacs

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 3/15/01 7:14:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

>  Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle by way of Terry Fritz
>  <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>  >
>  > I have two 120 volt variacs. One is 5,000 watts and
>  > the other 5,500 watts (for incandescant loads). Can I
>  > simply series them and run at 240 volts, using the two
>  > wipers as the outputs? I don't currently use a
>  > neutral, so I don't invision connecting anything to
>  > the "center tap". I don't see how this arrangement
>  > would need chokes. The variacs can be more or less
>  > ganged, so I should be able to keep them fairly equal.
>  >
>  > thanks
>  > Adam

Adam,

That's how I've been running my variacs for the last 10 years.

John Freau