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Welding in africa
I'm pretty sure this isn't photoshopped. Yes, you're looking at a homemade hand-wound transformer used for welding. I don't think the UL has given it their seal of approval.
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Good Stuff!  Bill
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My mouth fell to the floor when I saw this~ WOW!
Talk about making good with what you can find!
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Good Lord!, That has to be one of the silliest things I've seen in a while. What are them "transformer" laminations made of? Looks strangely like cardboard and the last I heard that isn't ferrous. 
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man, that's really something there. and i suppose that it's not even much of a concern there is indicative of the life they have.....~S~
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By the way, terron, Welcome to ECN, mate. 
Last edited by Trumpy; 10/16/09 08:25 PM.
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Thanks 
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I bet it is just rusty old roofing metal or something. The transformer does look like it would work if those laminations are insulated from each other.
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I have seen those photo's on the net too.
It appears to work although all electrical connections are not shown.
I like to see the supply point and mains cable terminations, although quite likely to be twisted to a live cable somewhere in that area where the welding work was carried out.
The product of rotation, excitation and flux produces electricty.
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