Re: Will this particular Arc Welder work as a ballast???? (fwd)

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 9/19/02 6:13:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 
>
> Winding an inductor is not the best bet. It's a time consuming pain in
> the butt and doesn't work any better than, if as good as, a new or
> surplus commercially available welder. I've been using Lincoln welders
> to current limit pole transformers for over 10 years and have never
> had a need to try any other method. 
>
> Ed Wingate RATCB



Ed,

I do the same thing to ballast my 10 kVA pig and I agree with you.
I was just curious, though, do you use resistive ballasting in combo
with your inductive ballsting of your welder? I personally don't as I 
don't like the energy (heat) wasting or the pain of having to build
fireproof supports for the power resistors. My coil runs reasonably 
smooth without resistive ballasting.

Coiling in Memphis,
David Rieben