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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: cowasaki on December 25, 2019, 01:53:58 pm

Title: Sunvic energy regulator
Post by: cowasaki on December 25, 2019, 01:53:58 pm
I got a few of these in a box of variacs.

Any idea what they are used for?
Title: Re: Sunvic energy regulator
Post by: amyk on December 25, 2019, 11:09:34 pm
That was easy...

http://museum-assets.ultimheat.com/pdf-www/1979%20Satchwell%20Sunvic%20Energy%20regulators%2020150619.pdf (http://museum-assets.ultimheat.com/pdf-www/1979%20Satchwell%20Sunvic%20Energy%20regulators%2020150619.pdf)
Title: Re: Sunvic energy regulator
Post by: cowasaki on December 26, 2019, 12:51:56 am
Quote from: amyk on December 25, 2019, 11:09:34 pm
That was easy...

http://museum-assets.ultimheat.com/pdf-www/1979%20Satchwell%20Sunvic%20Energy%20regulators%2020150619.pdf (http://museum-assets.ultimheat.com/pdf-www/1979%20Satchwell%20Sunvic%20Energy%20regulators%2020150619.pdf)

Sorry, I've seen that but can't work out what it is on about.  Is it that the current drawn heats the switch which shuts it off until it cools?  Seems a strange way to set it?  Not sure where that would work.  I've at least two of these and when I hooked them up the switch comes on and then goes off after a short time.  I didn't leave it to find out if it switches back on again.  I wouldn't be happy with things that with on at some random time after switching off...
Title: Re: Sunvic energy regulator
Post by: oPossum on December 26, 2019, 02:29:28 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_switch
Title: Re: Sunvic energy regulator
Post by: cowasaki on December 26, 2019, 10:46:22 am
Quote from: oPossum on December 26, 2019, 02:29:28 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_switch

Thanks. I didn’t know it was also called an infinite switch.