Hadn't thought of that !
Makes sense for a mostly resistive type load.
I had been thinking from a dipole or ballanced line standpoint where
you could actually heat up the wire at the current nodes due to the
miss match.
Bill, KB3DKS
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Crawford
I knew a guy who used a 30 amp variac to feed a 5 volt, 30 amp filament
transformer on his quad driven element.Worked real good to melt the ice.
Joe W4AAB
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