Re: Ballasting a Pole Pig (Revisited)

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Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>

Tried ballasting with a LARGE wattage resistor, still
trips the breaker almost instataneously.  I'm
beginning to beleive that the pig is dead.  Anyone
have other suggestions?

Would driving it with a 6V transformer and measuring
the HV output be a reasonable test???

Curt.


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Definitely not!  The welder and pig are definitely
> in
> series (220 power input to the welder in series with
> the low voltage bushings on the pig.  Center tap
> unconnected).  Everything is one loop so that the
> current must pass through both the pig and the
> welder.
>   Trust me on this one, I know the difference.
>
> I have tried running with welding leads shorted
> together and unshorted.  With lower amperage
> settings
> of the welder the welder comes on and the fan runs
> without tripping the breaker, so the pig is
> definitely
> passing current.  No spark at the HV terminals, even
> with as little as 1/16" gap between "coat hangers".
>
> Beginning to suspect the pig is dead???
>
> Curt.
>
>
>
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  > Original poster: Charles Brush
>  > <cfbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  > Curt,
>  >
>  > You don't by any chance have the pig wired in
> series
>  > with the
>  > welder's welding leads do you?  It needs to be in
>  > series with one leg
>  > of the 220v ac line going into the welder.
>  > Otherwise I am stumped,
>  > but it sounds like something must not be wired
>  > right.
>  >
>  > Zap!
>  >
>  > Charles Brush
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > >Original poster: "C. Sibley"
> <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
>  > >
>  > >David,
>  > >
>  > >I only have a 15A 220V circuit to play with, and
> am
>  > in
>  > >the process o
msnip...