RE: Re Re Re Re: Arc Welders as Rheostats?? Variac Mods...PLEASE!

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi Chris

I made a mistake in this section of my posting. If you connect 120 volts to
(A and B) or (B and C), the pig will produce 12,000 volts (not 6000 volts
like I wrote). If you connect 120 volts to (A and C), the pig will produce
only 6,000 volts. Only my comments about connecting 120 volts to the pig are
false. So you can get 12,000 volts from the pig whether the welder is for
120 or 240 volts. I don't know why I made such a blunder.

Godfrey Loudner 

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> Mods...PLEASE!
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> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
> 
> Hi Chris
> 3. Determine if the welder is made for a 120 volt or 240 volt wall socket.
> I
> think I recall that you have a 12 kV, 25 kVA pig. Located on the side of
> the
> pig's tank will be three terminals in a row. Label them A, B, C from left
> to
> right. If the welder is for 120 volts, you will connect to (A and B) or (B
> and C). Whether you use (A and B) or (B and C) is immaterial. If the
> welder
> is for 120 volts, the voltage produced by the pig will be 6,000 volts. If
> the welder is for 240 volts, you will connect to A and C. The voltage
> produced by the pig will be 12,000 volts using an input of 240 volts. 
> 
> Godfrey Loudner   
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