Clarke 150te readings
I'm building a car chassis out of 25 x 25 x 1.6 mm box section and am struggling with the settings on the above welder and would appreciate your input.
I am having moderate success using 1 max with a wire feed of about 2 1/2 but the weld is pretty narrow even if I weave.
Out of frustration I took some reading of the welder in order to get some idea of what sort of amps I was using so I could mentaly convert into what I would use if I was stick welding.
The readings I got were
1 min 25 volts
1 max 27.5 volts
2 min 30 volts
2 max 33.6 volts
3 min 36.2 volts
3 max 39.3 volts
wire feed
4... 78 ipm
5... 108 ipm
6... 144 ipm
7... 192 ipm
8... 264 ipm
9... 336 ipm
10... 384 ipm
For 1.6mm Clarke recommend as a starting point 3 min with a wire feed of 7. (if 1 min is = to 45 amp and 3 max is = to 150 amp (the min and max amperage of the welder)) I worked out that I was looking at about 120 amps, amperage I would never think of using with the stick welder for that gauge material. I tried it on the recommended setting it sounded perfect with a lovely bead width but i had to move that quickly or I would blow holes in it, do I need to just get used to it or do I need to reduce the settings
Sorry for this topic being so long and thanks for any input
Tony
I'm building a car chassis out of 25 x 25 x 1.6 mm box section and am struggling with the settings on the above welder and would appreciate your input.
I am having moderate success using 1 max with a wire feed of about 2 1/2 but the weld is pretty narrow even if I weave.
Out of frustration I took some reading of the welder in order to get some idea of what sort of amps I was using so I could mentaly convert into what I would use if I was stick welding.
The readings I got were
1 min 25 volts
1 max 27.5 volts
2 min 30 volts
2 max 33.6 volts
3 min 36.2 volts
3 max 39.3 volts
wire feed
4... 78 ipm
5... 108 ipm
6... 144 ipm
7... 192 ipm
8... 264 ipm
9... 336 ipm
10... 384 ipm
For 1.6mm Clarke recommend as a starting point 3 min with a wire feed of 7. (if 1 min is = to 45 amp and 3 max is = to 150 amp (the min and max amperage of the welder)) I worked out that I was looking at about 120 amps, amperage I would never think of using with the stick welder for that gauge material. I tried it on the recommended setting it sounded perfect with a lovely bead width but i had to move that quickly or I would blow holes in it, do I need to just get used to it or do I need to reduce the settings
Sorry for this topic being so long and thanks for any input
Tony
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