New pole pig ballast test

I finished a new resistive ballast for my pole pig today and this is a test run. Power is fed off a 30A 240v breaker connected to the dryer outlet and into a water resistive ballast. There is a sliding arm that vary's the resistance thus controlling how much current it draws. It is somewhat lossy but it works good inough until i find a sutiable core for a inductive ballast.

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[jaholmes01]

Awesome, TCG. Been a while since we spoke about this on 4hv. It's great to see it working!

-Aaron

[teslacoolguy]

hey, yeah it's been a while but i finally got a chance to hook everything up and test it out and imo, it worked very well. I cant wait to see those arcs when i get the 50A outlet installed ;-)

[high1voltage1rules]

Sorry transformer lol

[high1voltage1rules]

Nice video! But you didn't show ya pole pig teansformer? Gutted lol

[OpenSesame001]

It's AAAAAALLLLLIVVVVEEE!

[jupy921]

ooooWeee that is wicked cool! Serious voltage.

[bp72d]

Yeah! That thing already has got some really good sound at 30 Amps :)

Maybe you should work on a contract with your local power-supplier for a direct line with virtually unlimited current. ;)

BTW: Did you read my comments on your other vids?

[hvhaxor]

nice ... looks like it needs sometime to warm up ... are u useing an ionsenicatave ballast ... such as water or pvc?

[comedim]

Yo Shusuke, these look like analog rabbit ears that are supposed to be gone in a month or so. ;p