Neil,
I'm somewhat compulsive about such things. The older a rig is, or the longer it has set idle, the longer the "program" or process. In the worst case, I use 10 volts per hour increase. In other cases, I start with 10 volts per 15 minutes. My Variac has three meters---one for voltage, one for current, and one for power in watts. It is easy to see that when the ammeter increase at about the same amount as the voltage, you readily know there is a problem and not to proceed until fault isolation has been completed. 73, Evan, K9SQG -----Original Message----- From: Neil M Califano <cchange...@yahoo.com> To: Drakelist <Drakelist@zerobeat.net> Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 10:25 am Subject: [Drakelist] Variac When bringing up a radio on a variac, do I slowly continuously turn the power up or go step by step? I've never used one. _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
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