Re: Variac Schematic Question

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


At 06:33 PM 01/10/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Vince D'Amore by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-teslafx-dot-com>
>
>Hello People
>
>I bought this variac on ebay and I am having trouble figuring out how to 
>hook it up for standard line and variable output.  Could some please take
>a look at the link provided below and perhaps tell me how this should be 
>hooked up?
>
>Thanks,
>Vince 
>

Hello Vince, Coilers,

Assuming you'll want to be able to "boost" the line voltage a bit to 
get those long streamers we're all after, I'd hook it up like so:

Term. 2 - Neutral in and out
Term. 5 - Line hot in
Term. 3 - variable hot out

If the voltage decreases when you turn the knob clockwise, then you'll
need to make the following change:

Term. 4 - Neutral in and out
Term. 1 - Line hot in

I hope this helps you out.  It looks like you snagged a nice one!

73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
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