Re: Need a Variac

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Scot, all,

Speaking of looking for things under the "not so common names",
look at the deal that I just got on these two monster "Quarter
shrinker" capacitors from ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7511960847&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7511960817&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

There was no "high voltage" or "tesla" nomenclature on these listings
from the same seller and I just happened to "catch" these two listings
during the last 25 minutes of a 10 day listing!! (The "low inductance"
wording is what happened to catch my attention). At $29.95 each I got
them for the minimum opening bid because obviously not too many
other "HV nut" people knew about them. Of course their weight is
also an issue at around 160# each but Birmingham is an easy day's
roundtrip from Memphis so I'll be picking them up May 16. Just goes
to show that you can get some real deals off of ebay if you know
where to look and are persistant and DON'T share a good deal on
soemthing that YOU want with this list until AFTER you have won it!
;^)) Compare the deal that I got with this ebay listing for a very similar
type of capacitor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4662&item=7513646222&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

$30 a piece beats  $1000 a piece any day :^)))
You just have to keep looking to get the good deals <;^/

David

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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Need a Variac


> Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr@xxxxxxx>
>
> hmmm  I suppose you pay for what you "want"...  I have paid  from 18.00 to 
> 135.00 $ for 1256D's  yes.. in the beggining of my coiling I was anxious 
> to get the goodies and the cost was a minimal concern to me..
> and I payed dearly for the items...   eventually I started shopping 
> "smartly" and found the items I needed for minimal costs due to " not the 
> average listing words" on Ebay....  instead of searching "Variacs" I 
> started looking for "Powerstat" and also "variable transformers" found 
> some great deals due to no one else bidding on them...   altho shipping 
> was still a major price factor...   just cant seem to get around the 
> weight of the 1256D's...   lbs are lbs no matter the physics in general on 
> earth ....   good thing we arent paying for shipping on Jupiter  ;)
>
> you can always purchase a new one from Newark Electronics ( 1256D single) 
> for only a mere 995.00 $ ....   thank you Ebay... !!
> Scot D
>
>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Matthew Carlson" <mjc8804@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > If the other Matt doesnt jump on this one, I would be interested.  I was
> > bdiding on ebay on a 50amp servo controlled, had it at 21.00 until 10
> > seconds left, and two people sniped me.  Oh well, it ended up at 76.00
> >
> > But yeah, I would be interested if the other Matt isnt