God bless all here. Apologies if this has been done to death. Just bought a Clarke 100EN MIG welder. Wish to butt weld 0.8mm mild steel but have a little more top end grunt than the 90EN.
According to the online instructions the 90EN is advertised as 24 to 90 amp range with a 100% duty cycle of 24 amps.
Whereas the 100EN is advertised as 30 to 100 amps but the online instructions state a 100% duty cycle of 40 amps.
Ignoring wire size and feed effects is it practice to state duty cycles at the individual power settings that a welder has. Presumably the minimum power setting for the 100EN is indeed 30 amps (or 30/24ths more than the 90EN if they can be compared this way) but the welder is capable of running continously at 40amps although this may not be a power setting?
100EN unopened and wondered whether to exchange for a 90EN. MIG welded as an apprentice many centuries ago so rusty. When I saw 40 amps duty cycle I thought to powerful for 0.8mm mild steel.
Would 30 amps make too much difference compared to 24 amps?
According to the online instructions the 90EN is advertised as 24 to 90 amp range with a 100% duty cycle of 24 amps.
Whereas the 100EN is advertised as 30 to 100 amps but the online instructions state a 100% duty cycle of 40 amps.
Ignoring wire size and feed effects is it practice to state duty cycles at the individual power settings that a welder has. Presumably the minimum power setting for the 100EN is indeed 30 amps (or 30/24ths more than the 90EN if they can be compared this way) but the welder is capable of running continously at 40amps although this may not be a power setting?
100EN unopened and wondered whether to exchange for a 90EN. MIG welded as an apprentice many centuries ago so rusty. When I saw 40 amps duty cycle I thought to powerful for 0.8mm mild steel.
Would 30 amps make too much difference compared to 24 amps?