On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:29:47 +0000, billh wrote:



If I understand correctly, you are going to use the 208V volts as welding
potential through a water resistor to limit the current so you don't pop
the breaker. If so, what you are likely to do is kill yourself since the
stinger will have the full voltage applied to it when not welding. I
believe the open-circuit voltage of buzz-boxes is not supposed to be
higher than around 80V and for good reason. Suggest you wait until you can
afford a safer setup - good coffin probably costs more than a used
buzz-box. billh


Well from my reading of old posts it was a method used on ocasion on the
first half of the XX century, the Golden Age of Unsafe Practices . It
appears also in an issue of Scientific American of 1966, with several 1000
watt nichrome elements as resistors. Its author also points out the high
open voltage but he connected his design to 110 V.

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Regards,

Mongke