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Scientist Smith YT
Scientist Smith YT
6:57 AM
@W5VO & @rdtsc No, not a broken welding machine. It is a machine I made and I need better voltage stability. Due to it being transformer based it fluctuates a little. So I would need a voltage regulator.
It will weld and then after a good 6 inches it appears the voltage tends to drop and the arc will stop and then re-light so to speak again.
It doesn't effect how the weld fuses with the base material. But I would like it to be much more stable if it can be.
 
 
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adamaero
adamaero
8:30 PM
50 V at 500 amps is much different than...

230 V at 225 Amp
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Electric-225-Amp-Arc-Stick-Welder-AC225S-230V-K1170/100041326

220V/110V at 200 A
https://www.amazon.com/Weldpro-Digital-Worldwide-Superflex-Trigger/dp/B084PY4C59/
Fat chance a 500 A rated voltage regulator exists
 
adamaero
adamaero
8:58 PM
Do you mean you're making the machine? Because it sounds like you're trying to make it fit nearly impossible specs.
Meh, or I'm wrong.
The Gigabyte X58A from 2010 has a 16 phase VRM and each phase's mosfet are spec'd to sustain 35A. So 35*16 = 560 A.
 
rdtsc
rdtsc
9:25 PM
But that's at what... 0.95V?
 
W5VO
W5VO
10:24 PM
It's only 25kW... if it was only DC I know that you can get up to that much power with power supplies.
I mean, I was able to quote out to 3 vendors for a 40kW solution... it just depends on what you need. Also was around 20-30k, but who's keeping track of money like that?
 

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