Re: Ballasting a Pole Pig

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Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>

I'm in SoCal, in the greater Los Angeles area, willing
to travel a couple of hours if necessary to pick up.
Tennessee might be a little far for me :-)

What is meant by "dual bushing"?  Is that referring to
the two HV terminals?

Thanks,

Curt.

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "David Rieben"
> <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Curt,
>
> Check with your local electrical utility company or
> do a local
> Yellow pages  search on transformers and tell tehm
> what kind
> of transformer that you're looking for (pole mount,
> dual bushing
> 5 kVA, 14,400 - 120/240 volt transformer). Also, you
> could look on
> ebay as they do occasionally show up there. The
> freight
> shipping charges may very well cost you more than
> the pig itself,
> though. If you were anywhere the Memphis, TN area, I
> could put you on
> a source of reasonably priced rebuilt pigs ;^)
>
> David Rieben
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list"
> <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Ballasting a Pole Pig
>
>
> >Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
> >David,
> >You must be physic - what I have is exactly one of
> >those big red 240V Lincoln 225 stick welders!  This
> >almost makes it too easy, just have to find a 220
> >variac and of course a pig!
> >Anyone have a 5KVA pig the want to get rid of
> cheep?
> >Or know where to buy one?
> >Thanks,
> >Curt.
> >
> >--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Original poster: "David Rieben"
> > > <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Curt,
> > >
> > > You've pretty much got the right idea ;^) I
> assume
> > > that
> > > you have a 240 volt input stick welder, like one
> of
> > > those red Lincoln
> > > 225 amp arc welders? You simply series the input
> > > leads to the low
> > > voltage bushings of the pig with the po-
> > > wer input plug of the welder. For maximum output
> > > current,
> > > you short the welding leads together and turn
> the
> > > amperage
> > > selector switch all the way up to the maximum
> > > amperage setting. Be
> > > sure to the connect the 240 volt input leads
> > > to the two outermost low voltage busings on the
> side
> > > of the
> > > pole pig tank. Leave the center low voltage
> bushing
> > > uncon-
> > > nected as this will be the tank case ground
> > > (assuming your pig is a
> > > single phase, 120/240 volt output unit). This
> setup
> > > will allow you to
> > > draw 50 to 70 amps from the 240 volt ser-
> > > vice with the HV output bushings of the pig
> shorted.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list"
> > > <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:45 PM
> > > Subject: Ballasting a Pole Pig
> > >
> > >
> > > >Original poster: "C. Sibley"
> <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >I'm considering making the move to a Pole Pig
> since
> > > >I'm having a hard time finding anything larger
> than
> > > a
> > > >60 mA NST.  I have a old stick welder that I'm
> > > >considering using as a ballast, but am not 100%
> > > sure
> > > >how I should go about hooking it up.  Do I just
> use
> > > >the power inputs and run it in series with the
> pig?
> > > >Do I need to terminate the "welding" output?
> Does
> > > it
> > > >matter what setting the welding output power is
> set
> > > >to?
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >Curt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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