TU56/TC11 restoration - VARIAC question

If you don't know how to wire it, you need one with a cord and outlets. The cord should end in a plug that matches the outlets in your part of the world, and the line (mains) voltage on the input side needs to match your line (mains) voltage. The outlet, or outlets, also need to look like the ones in your house or lab, but if the cord does... If you DO know how to wire it, then a difference of double (110vac variac in a 220vac part of the world, or vice versa) MAY be fixable by opening the thing up and changing the taps. I say MAY BE because some of them aren't. Aside from that, you'd need to know approximately how much juice you need, in amps, based on what you're going to plug into it. I see 10 amp units all over the place, that's a nice compact size for most anything except industrial stuff. In the US, most branch circuit breakers or fuses are 15 amps, (some 20) so you couldn't draw much more through your variac anyhow without blowing a fuse in your panel anyhow. Here's a monster I'd really love to own, man, metered, on-board breaker, 20amps, wow. Someone give me this for christmas! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11737&item=5… At 11:00 AM 3/17/2005 -0500, you wrote: At first there was nothing. Then God said 'Let there be light!' Then there was still nothing. But you could see it. --... ...-- -.. . -. ----. --.- --.- -... tpeters at nospam.mixcom.com (remove "nospam") N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) WEB ADDRESS http//www.mixweb.com/tpeters 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W, Elevation 815', Grid Square EN53wc WAN/LAN/Telcom Analyst, Tech Writer, MCP, Cisco Certified CCNA