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Is there a data plate on the back showing the input current required?
...and welcome to the forum.
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You should find a data plate on the back of it, take a photo if it doesn't make sense, and whatever plug is on it. Is it an arc welder? Post your photo here. Welcome to the forum.
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It won't have a plug fitted as standard on it, its really rare that any brand new welder does nowadays unless specifically asked for before purchase. You'll run it off a 16A 240V supply up to 160A but best to have it off a 32A supply to get its full 200A.
A 13A plug is only good up to 130A or so output with most welders, then you start blowing fuses. So it will work at low to medium power outputs, but at the full potential output of the welder, it would be unusable and clearly beyond what the 13A plug was supposed to supply, so a maker won't fit one. That said a lot of people will use the welder with a 13A plug at lowish power levels because it works and it's convenient apart from blowing fuses now and then.
The proper plug and sockets are called "industrial" or Commando and are the blue 240V ones from this range. Yellow is 110V and red is 440V three phase.
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You can't just tack one into a ring main. You have to have a proper connection direct to the consumer unit made with suitably heavy cable.
The proper plug and sockets are called "industrial" or Commando and are the blue 240V ones from this range. Yellow is 110V and red is 440V three phase.
http://www.screwfix.com/search?search=ABB
You can't just tack one into a ring main. You have to have a proper connection direct to the consumer unit made with suitably heavy cable.
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I think it very much depends on the units spec.
For mma I'd agree 130 is your top line but for tig you can generally go much higher with these inverters. I've always ran off a 13amp socket with the units I've had and maxing them out at over 200 amps has never caused a glitch. The jasic might be more hungry so best to check. I have a Rehm tiger 210 acdc and the manufacturer even states you can max it on a 13amp supply with stupidly long extension cables if you so wish but jasic may specify differently. There is no rule on these things as some are better than others on mains draw. My Fronius and kemppi also ran off the mains and also never limited me on the current I could use on tig. 200 amps plus AC or DC would be no issues.
Mma my supply will trip if I start pushing 3.2's above 140 and is a more aggressive process on the mains. This is where your bigger supply's come more in handy.
For mma I'd agree 130 is your top line but for tig you can generally go much higher with these inverters. I've always ran off a 13amp socket with the units I've had and maxing them out at over 200 amps has never caused a glitch. The jasic might be more hungry so best to check. I have a Rehm tiger 210 acdc and the manufacturer even states you can max it on a 13amp supply with stupidly long extension cables if you so wish but jasic may specify differently. There is no rule on these things as some are better than others on mains draw. My Fronius and kemppi also ran off the mains and also never limited me on the current I could use on tig. 200 amps plus AC or DC would be no issues.
Mma my supply will trip if I start pushing 3.2's above 140 and is a more aggressive process on the mains. This is where your bigger supply's come more in handy.
