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The arc utilized for arc welding is low voltage high current discharge. The voltage required for maintaining an arc is less than for striking the arc. Voltage drops & current increases as the arc is developed. The voltage required to strike DC arc is about 50-55 V & for AC is 80-90 V.It is difficult to maintain the arc with voltage less than 14V or more than 40V.

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What is the difference between no load current and no load voltage?

What does the question refer to? Induction motors? Transformers? For transformers, the no-load voltage is the voltage -- across the secondary or primary -- when there is no load attached to the secondary, that is, when there is no current in the secondary. No-load current really only makes sense when talking about a motor, because current is flowing in the device even when it's not under load. A rule of thumb is the no-load current is about a third to one half the full-load current.


How does current flow during welding?

Think of electricity as water in a pipe. The larger the pipe the more water can flow thru. That is current = volume = amperage = amount of heat. Voltage can be compared to pressure in a pipe. That is drive/force. Most welding machines allow you to control the amperage but not the voltage.


Voltage current relation in passive circuit?

in passive circuit it depends on the type of load 1. if the load is purely resistive the voltage and current will be in phase 2.if the load is purely inductive the current lags the voltage by 90 dgree 3.if the load is purely capacitive the currents leads the voltage by 90 degree


What is floating load in voltage to current converter?

This is when the load has no connection to the ground.


Why in summers voltage coming is less in houses?

This is commonly a problem called "voltage drop". Simply, if you have any power supplying unit connected to an electrical load, it draws an amount of electrical current based on the load value. The voltage at the supply terminals is higher than on the load terminals, this is due to the resistance (impedance) of the connection wires (cables). The more the connection resistance (more resistance means less cross-sectional area), the less the load voltage (if source voltage and load current are kept constants). Another thing that affects the load voltage, is the load current itself. If the load current increases, the load voltage decreases (if source voltage and connection resistance are kept constants). This means that any load current or connection resistance increase mean that the load voltage will decrease. This is exactly what happens in summer. In summer the ambient air temperature is high and hence all connection network elements (wires, cables, TL...) have higher resistance. Plus, most of the air conditioning units operate in summer (higher load current) which represent a bulk load to the network.

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What is the difference between no load current and no load voltage?

What does the question refer to? Induction motors? Transformers? For transformers, the no-load voltage is the voltage -- across the secondary or primary -- when there is no load attached to the secondary, that is, when there is no current in the secondary. No-load current really only makes sense when talking about a motor, because current is flowing in the device even when it's not under load. A rule of thumb is the no-load current is about a third to one half the full-load current.


How does current flow during welding?

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How would high voltage effect the current in the wires?

The current is determined by the load. So if the conductors are designed to carry the resulting load current, then the high-voltage supply will have no effect. If not, then the conductors will overheat, their insulation will fail, and a short-circuit will result. However, the conductor's insulation must also be capable of withstanding the high voltage; if not, then the insulation will break down and a short circuit will result.


Voltage current relation in passive circuit?

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Why is electical power transmitted with high voltage?

For a given load, the higher the supply voltage, the lower the resulting load current. So, by transmitting electrical energy at very high voltages, the load current will be low enough to: (1) reduce line voltage drops to managable levels (2) allow the use of cables of practical sizes (3) minimise line losses


In a purely resistive ac circuit the current and voltage?

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A Stabilizer maintains the voltage across a load constant no matter how high the current goes.It can be used to maintain the voltage across a load constant no matter the variation in supply voltage and also it can be used to maintain the supply voltage constant no matter the variation in load.


What is floating load in voltage to current converter?

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What is line voltage and line current in star connection define?

In star the voltage from line to neutral is 1/sqrt(3) times the nominal voltage, while the load current equals the line current. In delta the voltage between lines is the nominal voltage, while the load current is 1/sqrt(3) times the line current (for a balanced load). So a delta load needs 3 times the resistance compared to a star load of the same power.