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Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe [message #294704 is a reply to message #294699]

Sat, 30 January 2016 00:20

USAussie

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Ken,

I'm going to disagree with you a bit; I checked and the temperatures in southern France, Spain, and Italy can get high enough to
need A/C in June and July.

I am familiar with Variacs we used them to regulate heat lamp output to cure 3M EC 2216 epoxy at the JSC.

The mate that built the transformer for my shop here in Sydney won't build non isolation transformers as he says they're not safe.

He's a school mate of JohnnyB; "they're built by the heathen Chinese!" ;-)

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic

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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe

Rob,

It's been a long time since I studied or used one, but I suspect what you
really need is a variac or an autotransformer. They're variable or fixed
ratio single-winding devices. As such, they can provide up or down voltage
conversion with much less copper and iron than two-winding transformers --
but they do NOT provide input-output isolation. Seems to me that should
not be a problem, but I'd investigate European wiring standards before
following that assumption.

Amazon and eBay are full of both devices at surprisingly reasonable
prices. With little likelihood that you'll need A/C in Europe, I'd thing
3000 W would be enough, such as this offers:

http://www.amazon.com/3000-Watt-Voltage-Converter-Transformer/dp/B000AUKVWM

Ken H.

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Regards, Rob M. (USAussie) The Pedantic Mechanic Sydney, Australia '75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428 '75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426

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		[GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Fri, 29 January 2016 21:32
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Ken Henderson on Fri, 29 January 2016 22:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Ken Burton on Fri, 29 January 2016 23:27
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 00:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: appie on Sat, 30 January 2016 02:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 07:49
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: appie on Sat, 30 January 2016 07:59
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Ken Henderson on Sat, 30 January 2016 08:01
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 00:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Olly Schmidt on Sat, 30 January 2016 03:58
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 07:29
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: appie on Sat, 30 January 2016 07:52
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 08:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Dolph Santorine on Sat, 30 January 2016 08:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 14:50
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Matt Colie on Sat, 30 January 2016 16:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 16:13
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Olly Schmidt on Sat, 30 January 2016 18:19
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: k2gkk on Sat, 30 January 2016 20:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Ken Burton on Sat, 30 January 2016 22:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Dolph Santorine on Sat, 30 January 2016 23:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Olly Schmidt on Sat, 30 January 2016 08:01
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: JohnL455 on Sat, 30 January 2016 09:02
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: appie on Sat, 30 January 2016 10:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Dolph Santorine on Sat, 30 January 2016 10:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sat, 30 January 2016 14:53
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Ken Burton on Sun, 31 January 2016 00:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Loffen on Sun, 31 January 2016 05:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Loffen on Sun, 31 January 2016 05:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: k2gkk on Sun, 31 January 2016 08:30
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: Loffen on Sun, 31 January 2016 12:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Shore Power At Campsites in Europe By: USAussie on Sun, 31 January 2016 16:26

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