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if your serious about welding at people's houses get a good portable unit made for the purpose before you go messing something up.
if someone showed up at my shop to weld and tried to unplug some of my **** I would show them the gate.
You know about welding, so you should know if you dont penetrate the metal enough with the right power your welds will be ****.
has nothing to do with *****, has to do with brains, what kind of person getting paid to weld buys his crap from Ebay anyhow? Go to a proper welding supply or tool shop.
if someone showed up at my shop to weld and tried to unplug some of my **** I would show them the gate.
You know about welding, so you should know if you dont penetrate the metal enough with the right power your welds will be ****.
has nothing to do with *****, has to do with brains, what kind of person getting paid to weld buys his crap from Ebay anyhow? Go to a proper welding supply or tool shop.
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The circuit breaker requirement for that unit is 25 amps @ 220 volts. I don't know what the exact current draw is, but if you intend to hook it up to a 110-volt circuit through some kind of transformer, you're going to double the current. I don't know that you're likely to find too many 110-volt circuits at your customer's houses that are going to be able to supply near 50 amps at 110 volts.
If all you have available is a 110-volt supply, then you need a unit that's going to run off a 110-volt supply, IMHO.
If all you have available is a 110-volt supply, then you need a unit that's going to run off a 110-volt supply, IMHO.
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From: Kissimmee FL.
what im really trying to figure out is can i use a portable trnasformer to convert a regular 110 recepticle in a 220 output.
like this one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=020
cause buying another welder just isnt an option right now. and carrying an extension cord and moving dryers is just not going to happen.
like this one...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=020
cause buying another welder just isnt an option right now. and carrying an extension cord and moving dryers is just not going to happen.
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From: Wayne, NJ
re-read what 88redt2 wrote:
"The circuit breaker requirement for that unit is 25 amps @ 220 volts. I don't know what the exact current draw is, but if you intend to hook it up to a 110-volt circuit through some kind of transformer, you're going to double the current. I don't know that you're likely to find too many 110-volt circuits at your customer's houses that are going to be able to supply near 50 amps at 110 volts.
If all you have available is a 110-volt supply, then you need a unit that's going to run off a 110-volt supply, IMHO. "
kevin.
"The circuit breaker requirement for that unit is 25 amps @ 220 volts. I don't know what the exact current draw is, but if you intend to hook it up to a 110-volt circuit through some kind of transformer, you're going to double the current. I don't know that you're likely to find too many 110-volt circuits at your customer's houses that are going to be able to supply near 50 amps at 110 volts.
If all you have available is a 110-volt supply, then you need a unit that's going to run off a 110-volt supply, IMHO. "
kevin.
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I'm reading a pretty solid consensus in this thread. If you want to try asking your question another place, there are some excellent welding forums out there. One of them is http://www.hobartwelders.com/mboard/