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Old 03-11-2017, 04:45 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The reason you don't see many variacs around anymore is that for most appliances you get better control and efficiency with a triac which is cheaper too.
As a driver for brushless motors, not so much. But otherwise I'd go with the 220 Volt transformer, then bring it down to your desired voltage with a triac.
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