Re: pole pig ballast question

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Brad,

If the adjustable slide is a variable magnetic shunt then that would be
preferable.  You could adjust the slider while the coil was powered up.  The
Forney would probably require you to power down before changing taps.  But
either will work OK no doubt.
--Steve
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Subject: Fw: pole pig ballast question


> Original poster: "Brad Huff by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> I just purchased a Forney arc welder with multiple taps for my pole pig
> ballast. Yesterday I stumbled across a Century 230A machine with the
adjustable
> slide for current settings. Is there any value in one model over the other
in
> the real world? Thanks.-Brad.
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