Re: Welder ballast

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Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com> 

Yep, that's the welder I have. I was running a Jacobs ladder with the
welding leads shorted
at the time I took the readings.That is kind of strange though. The welder
is suppose to draw 50A max.
On the 225 setting it draws 75 When hooked to the pig running a Jacobs
ladder. The welder was made in 76.
Could be messed up??? Maybe a resistive load across the welding leads would
help. I think I'll put a water heater element across them.
Also,I'm using a Fluke clamp on meter to take the readings. I've checked it
and it works on other stuff.
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Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Welder ballast


 > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > That's odd, since the maximum the welder is suposed to
 > draw is 50 amps. I assume you have a Lincoln welder
 > like:
 >
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/welder.jpg
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/adam/garage/welder2.jpg
 >
 > If the welder is in series with your pig and the
 > welding leads are shorted, then that's how most folks
 > do it. Are you sure of your readings? You should only
 > get high readings like that if both your welder and
 > your pig are shouted, and with the welder set for max.
 > Were you running a coil or JL with the pig?
 >
 > thanks
 > Adam
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> 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
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
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