Tim D
I got a pornographic memory...
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Was wandering Fry's in the doohickey section and noticed a $50 dollar variac power supply! I opened it up and it was a big hunking heavy piece of lab machinery...and it came with a silly metal led key chain...well if that wasn't reason enough to buy it. Ummmmm...did I mention its big and heavy...oh and it comes with a nifty analog voltage meter hehe.
Ok I haven't exactly figured out my rational for buying it yet...but you never know when one of your friends will say, "damn I wish I had a variac!" and you can jump in and say "well lucky for you..."
Oh well right now I have it feeding my power amp at 117 VAC...Yay it works and doesn't f$@% up the sound so far. Once I figure out why I exactly bought it I'll get back to ya. Course in all serious I also want to see if my amp runs cooler/better just in case it was being over/under voltaged. Also maybe a Variac would be a nice addition for DIY amp work...who knows!? I don't. You have to admit it looks pretty neat...in an ugly school lab sort of way!
Ok I haven't exactly figured out my rational for buying it yet...but you never know when one of your friends will say, "damn I wish I had a variac!" and you can jump in and say "well lucky for you..."
Oh well right now I have it feeding my power amp at 117 VAC...Yay it works and doesn't f$@% up the sound so far. Once I figure out why I exactly bought it I'll get back to ya. Course in all serious I also want to see if my amp runs cooler/better just in case it was being over/under voltaged. Also maybe a Variac would be a nice addition for DIY amp work...who knows!? I don't. You have to admit it looks pretty neat...in an ugly school lab sort of way!