Re: pole pig current limiting

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Original poster: "Rodney Goolsby by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jeronimo-at-bright-dot-net>


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Subject: Re: pole pig current limiting


 > Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
< I use a "BuzzBox" brand AC stick welder to ballast my
 > 5KVA pole transformer>


 > Just a thought--if one 500' spool of #12 will regulate
 > 120vac, then two such spools should regulate 240vac.
 > Just put one spool in each leg of the 240vac. If 25A
 > is more current than you want or need, then place a
 > fat bundle of soft steel wires inside the spools. The
 > added inductance should reduce the current.
 >
I thought the same thing about 2 spools instead of 1 for the 240v. input,
but I thought of another question.  If, they have similar spools of 10AWG,
what affect would this have compared to the 12AWG, I'm assuming it would run
a little cooler.
Thanks for the help so far, may be the beginning plans to my next coil.