Re: Welder ballast

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca> 


At 07:21 PM 17/01/04 -0700, you wrote:

 >Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
 >
 >I broke down and bought a 225A stick welder to ballast my 10KVA pig with.
 >I thought it would be the simplest way. Problem is, on the lowest setting
 >in series with my pig it draws 54 amps. That's more than I was hoping for.
 >I'm not quite sure how to figure out how much of this power is being put
 >into the pig.  I would like to get down to about 3-5KVA.
 >
 >I would appreciate any help or suggestions that anyone might have.
 >
 >Steve Vance
 >

Hi Steve, Coilers,

Have you got the welding leads shorted?  From what you're saying, that
is likely the case.  Try putting a low value resistance across the two
welding leads...something like a water heater element, for instance.

73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL

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