John Doty wrote: > And finally, the real issue here is the current required. 100 amps > will melt the wire in any audio transformer I've ever seen. > > Everybody seems to think Mark's soldering gun suggestion is a joke, > but I don't know. I think I'd get one, pull the transformer, measure > its characteristics, see if it might work (maybe a couple of them in > series/parallel or something). They're light, cheap, and the closest > thing to the requirement here I can think of. I'm sure they won't run > at full power all day without overheating, but for a test set that > might be OK.
The classic 10kW spot welder by Miller is now cloned and available at Harbor Freight cheap. It's a similar, beefier transformer as a quick hot or weller solder gun. John -- Ecosensory Austin TX _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user