Clarke 151TE - power settings?

[paul_c]

I've recently bought a Clarke 151TE and the manual says the power settings are in this order:

1 Min
2 Min
3 Min
1 Max
2 Max
3 Max

However, I did some stuff today which needed a bit more power (previously I'd been doing car bodywork stuff including butt welding, so I'd only used 1 min and 2 min). I tried 3 Min and it seemed quite strong. I turned it 'up' to 1 Max, but it seemed less power! I didn't want to fiddle around any more in case I'd turned it up way too much and blew a hole in the job I was welding.

So, has anyone else experienced this and what are the power settings in ascending order?

 

[peterd51]

Hi,

I have a similar Clarke and I always used:

1 min
1 max
2 min
2 max
3 min
3 max

I believe the book's wrong. Someone did a test with a voltmeter on the tip a while back I think...

Regards
Peter

 

[malcolm]

The manual is wrong - here's the thread

 

[paul_c]

Cheers - this explains it all! So when I turned it from 3 Min to 1 Max, I was in effect turing it from 5/6 to 2/6, instead of 3/6 to 4/6! Also explains why I noticed such a jump from 1 min to 2 min - 1 max is in between....