Re: pole pig ballast

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Greg -

Around 2 to 5 ohms if your going to use a resistive component to calm the
supply down. You really won't know if
you need it until you actually run it.

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> I intend to use an arc welder to limit current to my pole pig. However,
> I would like to use a little resistance to "smooth" the power supply
> and make the system more easy to handle. Any advice on what sort of
> numbers I need here? This is especially important as I may series 2
> 11kV pigs and will have heaps of core to energize when the gap fires.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg Peters
> Department of Earth Sciences,
> University of Queensland, Australia
> Phone: 0402 841 677
> http://www.geocities-dot-com/gregjpeters