I have 2 welding machines, one is DC+,DC- one is DC+, DC-, AC. I have around 225 Amps DC pos or neg on one machine, and 250 Amp DC pos/neg, 225 Amps AC on the other to play with. Is there a way to build a transformer to step up this output to Hv. Both are gas-engine driven. Also have high frequency equipment for welding aluminum. Would the arc in a hf system be considered as plasma?
http://www.casano.com/projects/hfstart/
Also on a side note, the power company in its infinite wisdom put a 28.8kv step down transformer outside my bedroom. Wish I could tap it. HAHA
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Ross Moffett
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Re: Power
You have a device which converts a medium voltage with a high current flow to a low voltage with a very high current flow. That's the opposite of where you want to start. This is the high voltage forum.
Welding arcs are a plasma. Not the same sort of phenomena that makes a fusor though.
Welding arcs are a plasma. Not the same sort of phenomena that makes a fusor though.
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Richard Hull
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Re: Power
To do fusion you will need 20,000 or more volts, minimum! No way to get there with any welder.
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Progress may have been a good thing once, but it just went on too long. - Yogi Berra
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment