On Mar 5, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> At 04:45 PM 3/5/2006, Will Matney wrote:
>> That or a choke with enough inductive reactance to drop the voltage
>> as that's all a variac is.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Can't believe you said that, Will.
Indeed, Bill. My take is that Will needs to take a course in AC
circuit analysis.
>
> A variac is a transformer, not a choke. With a choke, the amount of
> voltage drop depends on the amount of current drawn, while with a
> variac it does not.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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