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Re: [Amps] For cats sake!

To: craxd1@verizon.net, amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] For cats sake!
From: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:49:21 -0800
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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.

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Can't believe you said that, Will.

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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