A while back I got a VARIAC for cheap.
I didn't expect much of it, just bought it for potential, since I am planning to upgrade/do other things with it.
We are talking about these kind;
(see attachment)
So I decided to screw it open to get some measurements, but that was a real shocker.
I even can get over the hideous way of soldering, melted plastic and lack of color coding.
But just the fact that the safety earth is not only completely absent, but also not connected to the chassis nor the output connector.... omg 😱
Needless to say, highly illegal. Very interesting that these can be bought at many EU webshops.
Anyway, it's a quick and easy fix, but if you own one of these, I would definitely double check!!!!
I didn't expect much of it, just bought it for potential, since I am planning to upgrade/do other things with it.
We are talking about these kind;
(see attachment)
So I decided to screw it open to get some measurements, but that was a real shocker.
I even can get over the hideous way of soldering, melted plastic and lack of color coding.
But just the fact that the safety earth is not only completely absent, but also not connected to the chassis nor the output connector.... omg 😱
Needless to say, highly illegal. Very interesting that these can be bought at many EU webshops.
Anyway, it's a quick and easy fix, but if you own one of these, I would definitely double check!!!!
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I forgot, got it a while ago 2nd hand from a friend who never used it.
But these can be easily found at many webshops in EU at least.