First off, to address confusion before I create it: VARIAC is a trademark of General Radio and POWERSTAT is a trademark of Superior Electric. For the most part, they are generically called “variac” by most people in much the same way that we know copying as “xerox” or soda as “coke.” But they, and other… Continue reading The “Wrong Way” To Connect A Variac…..and why you might want to.
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Crank call’n
TV viewers above a certain age will likely remember Corporal Walter “Radar” O’Reilly of the MASH 4077th frantically spinning the crank on his phone in order to call “Sparky” at HQ and work out some sort of deal to obtain (by questionable, albeit humorous means) some vital medicine or materials (which may also include a… Continue reading Crank call’n