Re: Ballast

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

I was planning on removing the secondary winding from the core when I cut the
welds to make the gap in it. So you think that if I just used the already
existing primary it would get too hot? What size wire should I use then to keep
it from getting too hot? 

Mark 

In a message dated 11/6/01 1:51:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 


>
> You CAN, but really they dont take more than 8A current unless you get an 
> industrial one. What I would do is to have 2 in paralell both at 4A because 
> if you dont they get so darned hot. likewise, 16A is pushing it, but you can 
> so long as the runs are kept under about 1 minute. I would cut off the 
> secondary winding and the 10V filament winding, and just use the primary.