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addjunkie
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Have to agree the plug in and out or reach for pedal every time it needs changing would annoy the hell out of me.
Odd that my old thermal arc isnt like that. Plug in pedal select the on off option and adjust max current from the knob.
Odd that my old thermal arc isnt like that. Plug in pedal select the on off option and adjust max current from the knob.
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Sanrex must hold on to that part of the control. Victor bastardised the lorch with there system.
Does yours take the 7 pin plug?
Can you have a torch switch and a pedal plugged in at the same time?
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No there is only 1 socket so its one or the other. This is the plg 8 pins
http://www.rapidwelding.com/dynamic/DisplayItem.aspx?c=10-9811
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Ah yes. Sorry I meant 8 pin. Mine is the same plug.
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Having had an R-Tech and now having a decent machine, I wouldn't go back. Mine did everything I asked of it. But there's just something missing, I don't know what it is but the arc just isn't as nice as what you get on the European or American proper machines. They're not great at low low amps in my opinion. The pedals were crap (they may have fixed them).
They are hobbiest machine not what I would chose if welding day in day out.
They are hobbiest machine not what I would chose if welding day in day out.
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That's where it's gonna be a major disappointment. The pedals are utter #%+*#. The new rtec digital machine itself is quite a nice tool I've had a play recently with a 260 and it was a good toy. Not sure if they have fixed the pedals or not but one thing is for sure for the money the ssc for the thermal arc was about as good as pedals got
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That's awesome. Defo worth going down the ssc route.
New Kit arrived today, In between window shopping and placing the order, they updated their pricing structure, Welder was £300 cheaper and came with the SCC Pedal as a free upgrade. so i used that £300 saved to go for the water cooler option.
Went with the 210EXT In the end, 210 amps will be plentiful for what i do. As going with the water cooler, they swapped out the god awful Euro style torch, in favour of a basic WP20 torch.
Downside is...Cooler doesnt fit the stand i made, so i need to make a new one!
Went with the 210EXT In the end, 210 amps will be plentiful for what i do. As going with the water cooler, they swapped out the god awful Euro style torch, in favour of a basic WP20 torch.
Downside is...Cooler doesnt fit the stand i made, so i need to make a new one!
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Good to hear R-Tech have lowered the prices, hopefully it brings them nearer the competition.
I bought a MTS255S Mig last year and liked it a lot, still have it, although unlikely to be used much now that I have the EWM Phoenix. It will however be good as a standby in case I have the EWM on a job and need some Alu done in the workshop or if my EWM fails, hope that never happens but......
That was the thing I could never really grasp, their Migs were pretty competetively priced but the Tigs were well above the rest.
I bought a MTS255S Mig last year and liked it a lot, still have it, although unlikely to be used much now that I have the EWM Phoenix. It will however be good as a standby in case I have the EWM on a job and need some Alu done in the workshop or if my EWM fails, hope that never happens but......
That was the thing I could never really grasp, their Migs were pretty competetively priced but the Tigs were well above the rest.
Aye, Another reason i went for a 210 model was it has Fan on Demand. Which makes no sense now when the cooler is on...
But, my plan is to have 2 torchs for this unit, the WP20 as the watercooled, and then a secondary air cooled torch. will take 2 seconds to swap over with the DINSE and quick release gas line.
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Why doesn't fan on demand make sense with a water cooler.?
Fan on demand is a great feature and been water cooled makes zero difference to that. It means your machine isn't spending its day sucking in crap for the sake of it.
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Dead right. Unless your unit is been transported around in the boot of a car or carried about by hand you'll never have a reason to go back to a gas cooled set up.
Everything about water cooling is just nicer.
