Thanks again mate! I'll look into that :)
Doing a little research in to how to weld better lol I came across flux core nozzles (the ones that are black and just cover the gas feed part of the gun and not the tip). This could help me a lot because I don't have the best eyesight. But all I have...
Thanks a lot mate!
I shall get one of the sockets mentioned and put it in to the fuse box in the garage on its own fuse, just to be on the safe side! I was actually looking at getting an ark welder for bigger stuff. Been looking at the Clark Inverter welders with the view to maybe convert it...
Thank you! I had no idea that 13a fuses could take that much! I have a couple of questions then building on from this.
Is that what the 12a under the |1eff section is referring too on the side panel (in OP)? because in the book it says it needs to be connected to a source capable of |1max...
Thanks for your reply :)
Could the fact I was using it on a long extension lead made the fuse pop? or could it have been a bad quality fuse? The lead was rated for 3100w which i would have thought would have been enough as it was a heavy duty JCB lead. I was using it cranked up to 135a at the...
Thank you both for your replies!
That was how i interpreted it, thanks for the info! The plug was getting hot and that's what i think blew the fuse in the end. Fair play to the JCB extension lead though, it was only the fuse that got hot!
I mentioned this in the OP but yeah the fuse did pop...
Hello everyone!
I am new to the forum so firstly, Hello! :)
I am just trying to clarify something about the welder that I have. In the manual it says the following:
the |1 on the side of the welder says its 32.5amps max. Here is the side panel:
With these bits of information i would...