Re: Ballasting

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 5/30/01 5:56:30 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> The TC output gets really frantic as the 
> current goes up, and I'm concerned that a rogue 
> streamer is going to reach across the garage & pop me 
> if I turn the juice up any higher. 
>
> Regards, 
>
> Greg 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg 



Hi Greg, 

I've had the same good experience using a Lincoln 225 amp 
arc welder as a ballast for my 10 kVA pig. I've set my welder 
amperage selector at 225 (the max) and get massive 8 to 10 
ft sparks that fill my claustrophobic 12X20 ft shop building at 
only 6 to 8 kVA power inut, according to my panel meters. 
BTW, I don't notice a whole lot of difference in the ouput sparks 
once I turn the amperage selector to 135 amps or more. 

I also worried about a "rogue streamer" with my setup so I 
installed an RF grounded "chicken wire" Faraday shield between 
myself, with the control panel, and the spark spouting monster. 
Problem solved :-) Check it out at   <http://www.nex-dot-net/kilroy/david/> 

Take Care, 
David Rieben