John, I have one that sounds similar to yours. I tested, and it is okay. There is a typo in your post so that I cannot tell for sure what you are describing for voltage points, but I suspect your power cord may not be orientated correctly. Dick, n0ce Ohm Sweet Ohm
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:33:01 -0600 > Subject: [Elecraft] variac question > > I have a 2000VA chinese variac off ebay looks similar to a staco(. No > schematic. It works fine when used normally. Varies my voltage from 0-148V. > But when its switched off and left plugged in I have 0 V between and neutral > and 120V between hot and ground and neutral and ground. Is this normal for a > variac? > > I was hooking up a electromagnet @5V with the variac off but plugged in and I > got a 120V bite even when the dial is all the way to 0. That’s why I started > checking it. Ive been running my coil off it with no problems. > > > John Cooper WT5Y > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
