On August 3, 2019 at 19:15, Ernie Gilman said...
The XY Problem again! What were you actually trying to accomplish?
Didn't see "...when I tried to cut the hot wire..."?
You have a tester with three lights that inserts into a receptacle and strips 14ga insulation off very nicely?
If those had been in the same sentence, I might understand how you could think this, but they weren't.
Explain spot welding to them. Probably a quarter volt but at a hundred amps... just guessing.
In case you don't want to guess-
[Link: en.wikipedia.org]Spot welding voltage and current depend on material, needed penetration and thickness.
