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  1. J

    Electrical help.

    Ah, I should have paid more attention to good old Dad (an electronics engineer, but definitely not a teacher). I can't find the scary vids (yet) but I came across this one which seems like a good next step. I'll try trying it in the morning.
  2. J

    Car designs suck

    Trucks quote brake horsepower, cars quote maximum horsepower. My truck has 600bhp, it'll put that out all day long. A Mustang can only do that for a few seconds, then you run out of room, a few minutes and the engine would self destruct. Duty cycle is probably 10%, maybe. Once you're up to...
  3. J

    Seen online

    Of course in Davids case he does all of that in the time the rest of us take to get out to the shop and then scratch our heads and ask ourselves " what did I come out here for ?"
  4. J

    Electrical help.

    Video link. My tests were as shown in the vid at the cable ends. IIRC I did continuity tests on each conductor in the cable. I had guessed that I had a 20k potentiometer from the 19.5k readings I was seeing. What you're saying seems to be is that the wobbly 23 ohm reading I'm seeing is not good.
  5. J

    Electrical help.

    So the test in the video is as follow. Read the resistance between pins 4-3 5-4 5-3 With thier pedal their readings were 0 9.5 9.5 with no pedal application and 9.5 0 9.5 with full pedal application. I suspect that my pedal is not a 10ohm pedal but I'm not sure if it's a 22 or 48 (+-). So...
  6. J

    Electrical help.

    Thanks all, I feel confidence knowing the CHMWM braintrust is here to help. The welder in question is an Everlast 255xt, TIG and stick machine, about eight years old. An inverter machine which I have been happy with for the most part. The torch is a CK Worldwide water cooled unit. The stick...
  7. J

    Lathe test bar

    Why cut ? Run an indicator instead.
  8. J

    Car designs suck

    Might not apply here but a lot of hybrids and electrics get thier power from coal.
  9. J

    Car designs suck

    Tires are twice the size and vehicles have doubled thier weight.
  10. J

    Electrical help.

    A while back there was a thread where someone was helping troubleshoot an electrical fault. The helper did an amazing job, clear, concise and easily understood. I have an issue with my TIG, and sure would appreciate some help if that helper recognizes himself. Cheers.
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