Re: variac question

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com> 

Kevin,

The Powerstat guys were right! You can easily series the inputs together as
well as the output wipers to obtain 0 - 280 voltas -at- 50 amps output from a
240 volt input with (2) 1156D powerstats. Note that the 0 - 280 volt output
will have to be ungrounded to one side and floating between the 2 wipers,
but it will most certainly work.

David Rieben


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Subject: variac question


 > Original poster: "makinglightning comcast" <makinglightning-at-comcast-dot-net>
 >
 >
 > Can I use a pair of 1156D Powerstats (115v 50amp) for controlling the
 > voltage of a 240v pig setup?
 >
 > The guys at the Powerstat company say you can do it, but I wondered if it
 > was ok to do that in our little situation of tesla coils and pig control.
 >
 > Kevin
 >
 >