With this new understanding (Doh) I realise that I haven’t seen anyone on this site MIG welding.
I have done that too, was a bloody mess mind you but it was an emergency on my plasma tray to make it fit and all I had was 0.8 wire, 1mm contact tip and pure ArgonHaha, touché.
MIG welding steel.
CriminalI have done that too, was a bloody mess mind you but it was an emergency on my plasma tray to make it fit and all I had was 0.8 wire, 1mm contact tip and pure Argon
I have done that too, was a bloody mess mind you but it was an emergency on my plasma tray to make it fit and all I had was 0.8 wire, 1mm contact tip and pure Argon
I wish I didn't see it eitherOk, but I didn’t see that
It doesn’t increase voltage it increases arc energy.
28v is 28v but what it does do is it makes that 28v and 230 amps much more useful on thick section. When you get it hooked up you’ll see the difference is night and day.
I don’t think your actual current will go up because of gas change. but that’s a great question I don’t actually know tbh.So does current draw go up with a heavier mix (all other things being equal)?
I don’t think your actual current will go up because of gas change. but that’s a great question I don’t actually know tbh.
In theory voltage, wire speed, wire mass all stay the same so the current drawn should stay the same. The arc energy from the higher active gas should give your current a good kick up the **** and getting into full spray will be achieved much easier at lower voltages than before. This will allow you to match it well with a good wire speed and get that desired transfer. You probably will see a current increase because your settings are right and your transfer is right. But the gas doesn’t add current it allows you to achieve the better settings and get the current. I think
That’s good info mate. I wasn’t sure if it would increase current or not but it sounds like it does.What I’m reading at the moment and I’m only part way through, says that the active gas cuts the resistance of the arc. I would presume then that at the same voltage more current would be drawn and thats where the arc energy increase is coming from.
I’ve not looked into this stuff before and it’s very interesting because I have a background in electronics and therefore electrical principles.
That’s good info mate. I wasn’t sure if it would increase current or not but it sounds like it might just do.
Ha ha great minds mate. I’ve just edited my post above to say exactly thatTBF we’ll see for sure once I switch gas. I was running your settings and maxing out at 211A when you were hitting 263A. If I try those settings again and get closer to 263A then we know.