Re: Will this particular Arc Welder work as a ballast????

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
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>I'm looking to buy an arc welder to use as a current limiting ballast for my
>3kVA pole transformer which will run off of 240VAC.
>
>Would this particular welder be okay to do this???
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>http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1768611412
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>Thanks much!!!
>
>Dan
>

Hi Dan...

being that the welder is that small and supportive of 100+ A   I would 
have reason to believe it is a "solid state" design welder. It wont have 
the healthy sized transformer core needed for ballasting a minipig. and 
besides,  the rating on the upper end of the welder is normally a 
woefully low on to off time ( duty cycle)

best bet is to find a large E-I core and wind your own inductor.  

Scot D