Cheap "variac"?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Mon Oct 5 00:56:15 1998

Today at a local flea market, I picked up a PRO (Made in Taiwan) Soldering
Iron Controller. It has a three-prong power outlet and a heavy duty
potentiometer for controlling the voltage level of the outlet.

The labeling indicates "MAX. 800 WATTS-120 V.A.C." My math tells me that
this unit can handle a maximum of 6 amps. Would this be safe to use as a
variac on, say, a sparsely loaded IMSAI?

It was only a buck.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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