Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
Chip,
My advice, put the welder in series with the 220V input to the pig.
Put some wires on the HV bushings and make a jacobs ladder.
Short out the welding leads. Make sure you get a good contact. I
cut the wires and clamped the end together.
Start out with the welder switched to the lowest setting and fire
the jacob's ladder. Record the input current to the pig with a clip
on amp meter.
Keep repeating this test but each time switch the welder to the next
higher setting. Each time the current will increase. Eventually
you will either run out of taps and have max power, or you will blow
your breaker. If you blow your breaker back off one setting and you
have about the max for your setup.
I'n my old house I only have 25A in my garage. I ballasted to 22A
and have made 7' sparks with my coil.
Curt.
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