Re: Overamping variac

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:57:49 GMT, Paul Monaghan
<monaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So theoretically at 1 volt I can load it at 250 amps, or even 500 or
750 amps if I use it for a short period of time?

I wasn't taling about timing. If you reduice the the voltge to 1 volt,
you could theoretically run 250 amps (that's still 250 voltamps) and
run it indefinitely. Alas, wire sizing is by amps, not voltamps, and
the windings would have melted down a long time before that.
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