what is the difference between VARIAC,AUTO
TRANSFORMER,DIMMERSTAT.

Answer Posted / vinod kumar

Variac and Autotransformer are the trade names of variable
auto transformers -- standard name is variable auto transformer

where as auto transformer is a constant output for a
constant input device

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