Which is why a Lincoln 225 is good. I bought one at a garage sale for $50, and it has copper windings. It has a fairly large range of settings, though I'd never change it on-the-fly.
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 5:21:59 PM EDT, David Speck <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Matt,
At maximum reactance, very little effective current would flow through
the core.
You want to have a lot, but not too much current flowing through your
pole transformer.
Dave
On 6/6/2018 11:20 AM, Matthew Deming wrote:
> The still unanswered question is why use the welder at minimum reactance
> (shorted) rather than at maximum reactance (open)?
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