Thank you to Steinar96 for confirming that I was probably driving the iron core of my transformer into saturation. I had already drawn this conclusion independently, although I could not say so, because this would have suggested the thought. It really should be just a matter of doing the simple math.
And now I would like to apologize to the group for getting a bit grumpy. I got what I wanted out of the thread, but not without some hard feelings on both sides, it seems.
Time to go drum up some more mowing customers. I really do wish that the oil companies would stop bouncing the price of gasoline up and down. They drove me out of business last year, and I'm still trying to rebuild. Of course, after I get this arc welder built, though, I'll be able to build my highway-legal go-kart, and then the price of gas will be less of a factor for me.
And now I would like to apologize to the group for getting a bit grumpy. I got what I wanted out of the thread, but not without some hard feelings on both sides, it seems.
Time to go drum up some more mowing customers. I really do wish that the oil companies would stop bouncing the price of gasoline up and down. They drove me out of business last year, and I'm still trying to rebuild. Of course, after I get this arc welder built, though, I'll be able to build my highway-legal go-kart, and then the price of gas will be less of a factor for me.