Re: Need a Variac

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Original poster: Skip Malley <skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Matt,
try
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7515711222&fromMakeTrack=true

There are many variacs available on Ebay.  Try often.  Don't forget to also 
type in POWERSTAT.  That is another name for the same thing.

Skip

At 04:44 PM 5/12/2005, you wrote:
> Original poster: Fucian@xxxxxxx
> Hello all,
> I am in need of a variac capable of around 10 amps...Ebay is no help as 
> people just arent selling variacs at decent prices anymore...Ive seen 2amp 
> ones in bad condition go for 30$...Thats just isnt right. I got my 4.5amp 
> for 13$ brand new...Also got a used 10amp for 20$...Maybe these were just 
> lucky hits, but it now seems the same people just keep buying them all up 
> for whatever the seller lists them at.
>
> Does any here have any used ones for a decent price?Or, could tell me if, 
> and by ho wmuch, a variac can safely be overdriven?
>
> I have jsut a 4.5amp and need to drive a drsstc of decent size...
>
> Matt