Re: Welder ballast

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

You might try just the welder alone and see what it
draws. The plug (and its outlet) is only rated for 50
amps, so I'd watch that. I had to replace mine when it
went bad.

My welder also started arcing over internally, so I
quit torturing it. It works fine for welding, but
hates coiling.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > 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.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > 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
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >