3-phase Variac test

Good times lol :)
More testing should reveal why it makes so much noise.

[@AintBigAintClever]

I just realised I could've recorded our antics on the power analyser and graphed it afterwards, never mind :)

[@AintBigAintClever]

That's one hell of a variac! I bet it'll be a swine for tripping the breaker on power-up though, even my 15 amp one does that. Could be worth putting a ballast inline with it, with a bypass switch (start with the ballast to limit the inrush, then short out the ballast and run at full power). Of course I know sod all about ballasting and just soft-start mine with a mains conditioner, but I assume that would work?

[@RODALCO2007]

Great score the windings are in very good condition. The other parts you will be able to sort out without too much problems.

[@dopiaza2006]

1:30 Good show, no one can be serious about high power abuse without an angle grinder :)

[@Hvdragonproduction]

The variac was made by staco energy and was not an auction item. Better luck next time:)

[@AintBigAintClever]

That'd run a quad-transformer Jacobs Ladder nicely, get yer pipes out :)

[@blogsterification]

this is photon's other other channel init ? ffs

[@thepatrioticaudiophile]

wow. thats a bit of a brute init

[@ronniezzzz]

oh dear broken a bit

[@DatBlueHusky]

omg i have to repair one of these soon at work, the first one in the front burnt out so we have to rip it apart just to fix one

[@high1voltage1rules]

Holy cow that is sweet!! mate Where the hell did ya get that from?!?! Lol ;-) Thumbs up*

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

He does sound kinda like you Photon....'I ain't 'avin it!!!!!!!'

[@voltare2amstereo]

love the british - "crank it up til it pops volts"

[@theealdeen6681]

. : had a 3-phase come through my work & one of the idiots wrapped it to the forklift wrong and broke the terminal plate & the brushes. what a bastard. and it was used for a medical machine for x-rays, bigger tan my entire body : . . : scrapped it for a few bucks them idiots did : .

[@Hvdragonproduction]

come on you pulled more than 80A don't lie.

[@HDXFH]

Awesome, you'll have fun with this

[@billybonewhacker]

if you get low on cash .but that out for sale, they r kinda pricey ..nice vid

[@ChumpusRex]

Wow. That's a beauty.

[@ikifkif]

a work of art (the video

[@BoomBoxDeluxe]

3x 25A variac?! Whaaaaaat?! O_o My goodness, I bet you had fun trying to get around the inrush on that! :-O Ah yes, if you can match that up to a 60-80A 1ph power source, wire the variacs in parallel, then I'm sure you can have some big-time poppage fun with that! Please be carful with it though, it would be a shame to pop it ( and mighty expensive to replace too! ) Yep, looking forward to you making a casing for this one. This variac needs a name. :-D Thanxx for showing, -BBD.

[@FrontSideBus]

Awesome sound!