Simple Variac Question

[[email protected]]

GET out your trusty ohmmeter and measure it before you make a fool of
yourself.

It is a single coil of wire with a tap.

Call it what you will it is NOT two coils of wire insulated from each
other == transformer

 

[[email protected]]

GET out your trusty ohmmeter and measure it before you make a fool of
yourself.

It is a single coil of wire with a tap.

Call it what you will it is NOT two coils of wire insulated from each
other == transformer

It seems youre confused as to what constitutes a transformer.


NT

 

[Homer J Simpson]

It seems youre confused as to what constitutes a transformer.

Have you never heard of an auto transformer? Most all variacs are auto
transformers.