Kinda a newbie question I know, in school right now going for my red seal in Canada. One of the tests I need to do is a 3g open root plate.

It’s going pretty well, 3/8 plate, 3/32 land, semi loose 3/32 gap, 75 amps, 1/8 6010 rod. 3/32 7018 fill and cap.

I’m just curious, how much am I supposed to go up before coming back down and tieing back into it? Just enough so that it “freezes”?

Forgive me if the wordings off, new to 6010 rods and have never had to use them before.