Re: Variac/Isos

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/16/02 7:17:16 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

A variac is not an isolation transformer. It is a single winding across the 
line.
A movable brush moves up the winding from ground towards the hot end of the 
coil. A variac will blow the line fuses if shorted or loaded beyond the fuse 
rating.

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Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman



> Hello all,
>  I dont know much about variacs so i was just wondering
>  if they isolate you from the mains? (if they were
>  shorted would it trip a breaker??^^...)  If not, are
>  there any good sources for isolation transfomers on
>  the web???