Re: Ballasting Homemade Pig

["Alexander Rice" <ajjrice-at-xxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

> Original poster: "Roderick Maxwell" <maxz-at-netdoor-dot-com>
>
>   I have finally finished my home made pig, but now I have to build a
ballast
> to be able to use it(I also have to build some safety gaps). I would like
to
> try winding twenty or thirty turns of heavy gauge wire around a neon sign
> transformer core (naked cores without primary or secondary). I have three
of
> these core available to put in series.Does anyone think this approach will
> work?
>   I also have available some very large power resistors rated at 225 watts
each
> at 10ohms.
>
>                               Frankenstein's Helper
>                                         Max
>

I dont know whether anyone has tried this but some MOT's with secondaries
shorted might work, possibly several in paralel?  It's certainly worth a
try.


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