Re: [TCML] pole pig ballasting

["garry neeley" <bamacoiler@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's awesome.  I wasn't aware of any other coiler beside David Rieben up
in TN this close.  BTW Philip where do you work at?  I'm a calibration
technician and work at Wyle Laboratories in Madison.  I would have loved to
make the trip to see the green monster.  BTW David I didn't even open the
link to your coil because I've been drooling at it for a couple years now.
I've known of you for at least that long.  I'm a pretty quiet forum
person.(actually I haven't been following the list for awhile lately.  David
my pig is 277in  12470 out 50kva industrial unit.  I saved iit from the
scrapyard when they replaced 3 pigs recently her at Wyle.It would be a
pleasure to get together with you guys sometime.  I don't have an actual
working coil at the moment but am in the planning (and aquiring)stage for my
pig powered coil atm.

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Phillip Slawinski <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Huntsville, AL?  That's where I am.  I did not know there were any other
> coilers in this area aside from Cameron Prince in Decatur.
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:40 AM, garry neeley <bamacoiler@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm located in huntsville AL.  The pig is large but not as big as me.  It
> > stands about 4 feet and weighs over 600 lbs tho.  That lincoln would be
> > ideal but how much do you think shipping would be?
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Jim Mora <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Garry,
> > >
> > > Where are you located with that giant PIG, SOW that's the one that's
> > bigger
> > > than you yes? Anyway, I have a Lincoln Tombstone 225 which is old
> enough
> > to
> > > be copper wound - works great. I'll sell it for $75. It will tame that
> > > beast. Shipping is an issue these days! If you must drop the voltage,
> use
> > > the arc welder (in series of course) on the output of the variac if I
> > > remember correctly. I have several ballasts now. I sold my Thunderbolt
> > too.
> > > You could stack 3 of those variacs on the same shaft. Then we revisit
> the
> > > balancing chokes though. The Lincoln won't pass much more than 50-60
> amps
> > > at
> > > full tilt though so 2 variacs would be ideal.
> > >
> > > I'm in So. Ca.
> > >
> > > Jim Mora
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Jon Danniken
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:37 PM
> > > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: [TCML] pole pig ballasting
> > >
> > >  ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "garry neeley"
> > > >>  Which brings me to the question,
> > > >> how could I ballast the pig to only draw 30 amps @240v.  (on a
> budget)
> > >
> > > Buy an 240VAC arc welder on Craigslist; around here they go for between
> > > $50.00 and $100.00.  If you get a Miller (Thunderbolt), it has an
> > > infinitely
> > >
> > > adjustable shunt, whereas the Lincoln ("tombstone") units just have
> > > different taps; you might find a Montgomery Wards or Century unit; they
> > > also
> > >
> > > work fine, and are often a lot cheaper due to not being a "brand" name.
> > >  The
> > >
> > > bonus is that you also get an arc welder to play around with.
> > >
> > > The way you hook it up is to short the "Work" and "Electrode" outputs
> on
> > > the
> > >
> > > front of the welder, then wire the 220VAC feeding the welder in series
> > with
> > > your variac.  Adjust the shunt or use a different tap until you get the
> > > required current limiting.
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
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