another pole pig query

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• Subject: another pole pig query
• From: "Mad Coiler" <tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 02:16:31 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

I thank everyone who responded to my last pole pig post! I learned 
valuable info from it!

My new question: I have been long debating how to ballast it. I dont 
really want to spend $$$ on a welder. I cam up with another possibility. 
Between myself and a friend, we can come up with a number of huge 10 ohm 
power resistors. These appear to be able to take considerable wattage, 
hooked them across 120V (thats 1.44kW). I figure I can get the right 
ballast (240V) by using a bank of 4 of these in parallel (2.5 ohms) in 
series with a similar bank (5 ohms total). That would limit the current 
to fourty-some amps I think. Does anyone know how much V I will loose on 
the pig by using these R's for ballast? Any other thoughts on R ballast 
in general? Remember this ballast idea is free (already have the R's). 
The specs for the pig again is 240V input, 19,920V output 10kVA.

Thanks,
Tristan Stewart,KC2EBM

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