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If using 7018 for the project,then a 180 amp oxford is only good for 150 or around that?itll have to be set on the higher 70ocv not the standard 50
If using 7018 for the project,then a 180 amp oxford is only good for 150 or around that?itll have to be set on the higher 70ocv not the standard 50
Didnt know which rod the op was intending to use,said id throw it out there just in case.A lot/most oil cooled welders do have two ranges, a high amps (low volts) range and one that gives fewer amps but a high voltage that is enough to run most 7018 rods.
But the OP never mentioned using 7018 rods, I think that just came up in a comparison to fluxed MIG wire. One would assume that normal 6013 rods will be used, otherwise it'll be harder to find an oil cooled welder that will be massive enough to run 4mm rods at high voltage.
Of course, an inverter or generator would be using DC and wouldn't have that problem, but as I say, I don't think the OP is planning to use 7018's anyway!
Didnt know which rod the op was intending to use,said id throw it out there just in case.
If it was me doing it,id probably use 7018 with a small inverter.very little to move around
What about the GYSMI E200:
http://www.cornishweldingsupplies.co.uk/gysmi-e200-fv-flexi-voltage-inverter.html
Bit more than I wanted to spend but looks good.
Trying to get my head round the duty cycle figures though, they have a funny way of listing them.
Is that 35 minutes out of an hour for 4mm rods or 35%?
Out of interest who supplied your TecArc as I couldn't find it for anywhere near that price?The GYSMI E200 has a duty cycle (max) L2 of 200amps at 22% (£351 delivered)
The Tec Arc 250 (I have) has a duty cycle (max) L2 of 250amps at 45% (£368 delivered)
Tec Arc has 25% more power and double the duty cycle for about the same money!
I did my research before I bought an inverter! As I burn allot of 4mm rods.
Out of interest who supplied your TecArc as I couldn't find it for anywhere near that price?
don't really know why everybody is so anti MMA welding! Unless you are into shipbuilding or large outside hardfacing jobs on huge plant!
What is so wrong with stick welding on site. Good long set of leads powered from a diesel set!
If you are going to lay down kilos and kilos of weld metal. Yes... Wire feed it!
But a few joints and gussets outside of the workshop. In a dirty farmyard. MMA was made for the job!
Helped my mate the other weekend put up some new metal gates in front of his car repair workshop.
He had a 200amp Clarke buzz box and a box of Siftrode cheap 6013 3.2mm rods.
He did the cutting and cleaning up with a grinder, I laid down about 2.5kgs of rods in all positions.
Welder never cut out! Worked a treat! Welds looked good, plenty of penetration!
I thought I might have to get the diesel set out! But when I arrived he had already got his welder out and was tacking things together.
Too much "gear and plant" is everything! Put a bucket on your head! Strike up a pretty blue light and lay some metal down.
What's the CEL version.I was looking at the cel version of the gys 200 lately,looks like a nice unit.110v too
The tecarc has more power but lower ocv.25 amps to run it full.
would like to try them both as they look very different machines
OK I see now, CEL = Cellulosic.
Yes because I see the FV does Cellulosic as well.I think thats their professional line and may be a higher price.
Thats very true about pushing duty cycle.but beware of temperatures quoted,or the lack of temperatures quoted.cheaper machines like rtech here or everlast in the states often have 60% duty at max power.and big names like miller will quote 20%.the big reason that the tecarc hasa high duty cycle is because it uses over 50% more electricity to operate at that power,not because its better as such.I'd be put off the GYS by the very poor duty cycle. Even if you don't expect to be trying to do more than it's capable of, I'm a believer in not running machines at or very close to their limit. Get a machine with a duty cycle that's twice as good and logically it'll be better made and won't die as readily as it'll be running within it's comfortable capabilities.