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    You can talk directly with Mike. He should be able to walk you through the basics.

    However...You can severely hurt yourself if you are not up to speed on the dangers lying inside. That is why we don't put this information out there(one reason anyway, out of several) for ANYBODY to do. Scopes and diagnostic equipment has gotten relatively cheap now, and it is easy for many people to be "tempted" to do something that could come back on us if we just "dispense" this information publicly.

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    If you want to monitor the waveform with a scope use a 2' long x 1" wide x 1/16" thick piece of steel and lay it on an insulating surface. Connect your ground clamp to one one end and short your torch to the other end. Set the current to 70A. Connect your scope ground to the ground clamp and the scope probe about 1" to 2" from the ground clamp. This is a cheap current shunt and can be used to see the wafeform but is not accurate for current measurement. To increase the signal seen on the scope move the probe closer to the shorted torch, or to decrease the signal move the probe closer to the ground clamp. Its simple and you can measure the frequency and balance easily.
    Last edited by maxspeedman; 10-17-2010 at 03:46 AM.

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