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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Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 00:56:15 BST