Re: Ballast Making

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Aaron,

See:

http://www.pupman-dot-com/listarchives/2004/January/msg00501.html

you can remove wire from the roll to get higher current too.  Might be able 
to knock out the plastic center of the roll to add metal in there to 
increase the inductance.  Or, just ad tap points to the wire.

Cheers,

         Terry


At 10:53 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
>What is the best way to make an adjustable CHEAP ballast for a microwave
>transformer stack?
>
>My stack draws 140 amps, and while that is fine for drawing an arc, each leg
>of the 240V circuit is overloaded and going to trip. The one has twice the
>amps the breaker is rated for on it!
>
>Any cheap suggestions?
>
>Aaron