Re: Re: Wrong Welder?

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Are you sure you have the correct 240v taps selected
on your pole xfmr? I once hooked my ballast up to 2 of
the voltage adjustment taps (my xfmer had +5% and -5%
adjustment taps on the LV side), with no connection to
the main LV lug. I got results similar to yours--weak,
wimpy sparks from the pig. My, did I feel silly when I
actually checked the dataplate on the xfmr and figured
out what I did.

YT,

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <network-at-neXband-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 
> You wrote:  
> 
> >Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry
> Fritz " 
> >
> >Gregg,
> >
> >I think your welder is exactly the right sort for
> >ballasting. Are you sure the welder works OK? Have
> you
> >tried to weld anything with it? What do you mean 1
> >inch arcs? 1 inch arcs from where to where?
> >
> >Regards,
> 
> You bring up a good question.  I haven't tried
> welding with it yet but 
> will try it out as soon as I have some dry weather. 
> I can tell you that 
> the internal fan was going when I tried this but I
> guess that really 
> doesn't mean anything:)  The one inch arcs was from
> a rod(on a long pole) 
> connected to the pig's case, arcing to the HV output
> terminal on top of 
> the pig.
> 
> Hope this helps
> Gregg Adams
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >--- Tesla list  wrote:
> >> Original poster: "Gregg Adams by way of Terry
> Fritz
> >> " 
> >> 
> >> Hello all,
> >>    I hooked up my stick welder in series with my
> >> 240v and then put that into my
> >> pig.  Max arc was about 1 inch!  I had the
> secondary
> >> shorted on the welder and
> >> set to the highest amperage setting.  The way the
> >> amperage is changed is a
> >> sliding core between the pri and sec of the
> welder. 
> >> Can anyone see what I may
> >> have done wrong or is this type of welder not
> good
> >> for ballasting?  BTW, the
> >> welder is a Craftsman 230amp.  It appears to be
> an
> >> older welder.
> >>  
> >> Thanks for any Re:'s
> >> Gregg Adams
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >
> >=====
> >Gregory R. Hunter
> >
> >http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
> >
> >_
> 
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