Water that does not contain contaminants is a good insulator. Regular tap water around here is highly resistive and would not short out the welder if the electrodes were emerged within it. The low voltage generated by the welder would not be much of a hazard to people. Of course I would refrain from holding on to the electrodes with or without water just in principle. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 10:49 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:SunCell - Initial Replication Attempt
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: If you embed the electrodes reasonably well into the water, you may be able to avoid most of the error for the heat that goes into the electrodes. Asking as someone who knows little about electronics, what are the hazards of submerging the electrodes of a spot welder and then turning it on? Eric
