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Bob Engelhardt wrote:

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Right ... I should have been more specific: what DEVICES would be
reactive? Motors, but motors really don't like being run on variacs.
Even universal motors are terrible at less than rated voltage.


** What bull****.

AC/DC brush motors respond beautifully to Variac control.

So do the motors in regular fans.

Go try it yourself sometime.



..... Phil