Advice needed!!

[pyal440]

Hi,
I have recently moved into a new workshop/shed for my business and need to kit it out with facilities and tools etc.
I have aquired a Thermalarc 155se inverted welder which come with a 110v 32amp yellow socket which i dont have a socket for.
The workshop has blue 16amp sockets on the wall which i was told were 32amp. My solution was going to be put a blue 16amp amp plug on the welder but i soon intend to purchase a mig welder as big as possible on single phase which will no doubt need tohave a 32amp plug on it.
What do i do? Dont know how keen landlord will be me changing the sockets to all 32amp!?
If anyone could explain the right plugs and sockets i should be using for what machines that would be great. Is there a rule of thumb or anything.
TIA

 

[Wozzaaah]

My solution was going to be put a blue 16amp amp plug on the welder

Do that and it'll most likely go bang!
If it's got a yellow plug then it runs on 110v, not 230.
yellow = 110v, blue = 230v, red = 400v I believe.
It may be a dual voltage machine though, 110 and 230, check the dataplate.

 

[pyal440]

Oooops! Meant to say its a dual voltage machine!! Sorry!

 

[Paul.]

I use one at a customers now and again, they're dual voltage autosensing, at 240 volt it runs on a 16 amp socket without any problems

 

[brightspark]

if u have blue 16 amp sockets fitted and u recon there 30 amp fused the fuses should be down rated to 16 amp only and wire size should be checked 2,5mm min . if u want 30 amp u would need to use the 30 amp sockets wired in 4.0mm min and then use 30 amp fuses . its not wise to over rate fuses supplying a lower rated plug