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hooking up an arc welder
From: Cabbott Sanders <cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net>
Im glad charles brush told me how to hook up that arc welder. THANKS CHARLES!!
it may seem AMAZING, but i almost fired it up, with the SECONDARY terminals of
the arc welder in series with the 15 KVA PIG!! I'm glad i didnt do this..
'coulda started a fire!! (?)
Tesla List wrote:
> >----------
> >From: Cabbott Sanders [SMTP:cabbott-at-cyberis-dot-net]
> >Sent: Monday, August 24, 1998 3:25 PM
> >To: Tesla List
> >Subject: Hey Bert (or anyone else) tell me something...
> >
> >I have a 15 kva pig, and i got a 250 amp arc welder hooked in series with
> >it, up to 240 VAC. I have yet to feed this scarry arrangement any juice.
> >the dial is suppose to regulate the current.... right? the dials readings
> >start at 40A and go up to 250A. should i be disregarding this? i would
think
> >the current limiting will be much different. how would i know what the
> >actual current is if i plug it in, with the dial at a minimum? I need a
> >current meter shunt thing right?
> >
> >Tesla List wrote:
>
> Cabbott,
>
> Those current values you are reading are for the secondary low voltage side
> of your arc welder. It's basically a current limiting step down
> transformer that is designed to provide low voltage but high current at the
> welding leads. If it's a new welder it may have come with some sort of
> booklet providing specs by which you could roughly determine the current
> draw. At a maximum setting it probably pulls somewhere from 45-50amps from
> your 240 line to provide the 250amps at the leads. The easiest way to be
> sure is to pick up a little clamp-on ammeter at a hardware store or
> possibly Radio Shack, and clamp it around one of the 240v lines feeding the
> welder. Note that the ammeter won't necessarily give you accurate results
> with a Tesla coil, however you could just run the welder by itself for a
> short time with it's leads shorted to get an idea of what it pulls at
> different settings (starting at the lowest setting of course). That is a
> scary system indeed, so be extremely careful with that pole pig,
> particularly if you are unsure of how to hook things up.
>
> Charles Brush
> http://www.foundrygroup-dot-com/cbrush
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