Variac

Ed Richards k6uuz at JUNO.COM
Tue Jun 5 09:42:24 EDT 2001


At how many watts? 5 volts at 3 amps is only 15 watts. Most radios pull
more than that.

Ed

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:44:04 -0700 Jim Berry <basalop at GTE.NET> writes:
> >
> > Variac's (AKA autotransformers DO NOT PROVIDE ELECTRICAL
> > ISOLATION!!!
> > Mark Hughes  WB4UHI
> >
>
> Want to make a low buck isolation transformer?  Take two of your old
> filament transformer and wire them up back to back.  115 to say 5.0
> volts.  Hook up the next 5.0 volt transformer winding to the other
> transformers 5.0 volt winding, and you have isolation.
>
> 73 Jim K7SLI
>
>
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