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- Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
- Replies: 9
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Re: Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
Chris,<p>Thanks. I already ordered some Nicrome wire, got 40 feet for $5. Should last me a lifetime or two.<p>Have you found you burn up the stainless wire? <p>The reason I ask is that when I was young we had a neighbor that owned a foam business where they made and installed styrofoam covered in st...
- Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3708
Re: Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
Thanks you everybody for the replies. I have found a wide variety of information from here and searching deeper on the web. It looks like the amount of power varies highly depending on the gauge of wire and the length. I have seen some that run on 2 D size batteries and some that use a 24v 10 amp su...
- Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3708
Hot knife or hot wire supply & controller
I would like to build my own hot knife or hot wire cutter. The commercial ones have a power supply box with a transformer and either a dial or multi position switch to vary the output voltage. They work by running a voltage across Nichrome wire some are stainless but might have Nicrome wire inside.<...
- Tue May 10, 2005 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: need transformer source
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3304
Re: need transformer source
Stephen,<p>I do not need isolation so your idea should work for me. I would appreaciate you looking to see if signal carries one.<p>Thanks!!
- Sun May 08, 2005 2:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: need transformer source
- Replies: 5
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need transformer source
I am in need of a step up transformer. I need to up AC line by two amounts (2 secondaries) if line voltage is 120, I need 135 & 150. It will be used for small motors and so needs to handle up to 3 amp draw for a half second and run at about 1 amp continuos.<p>I would like it to be as small as po...