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A brand name for a single autotransformer dimmer, often used to provide regulated voltage on a test bench,
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Picture from Variacs - Staco Variable Transformers.

or as a single manually operated dimmer, very commonly found dimming the index strip lights on a counterweight fly system's lockrail.
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