Generator advice please

[laam999]

Hi, I've done all i can with my MK1 MR2 project that is possible without power, now I need to buy myself a generator to start preparing the car for the welding. What I'm wondering is if THIS generator would be suitable to run a Clarke 130EN MIG Welder, which I've been recommended by people on this forum for what I need to do to the car (floor panels, wheel arcs, window frame, POSSIBLY a lil chassis work).

I really need/want to start working on it now as the weather is getting better and I feel if I waste the summer then I just won't make any progress over Winter. I'm not expecting to do much welding this sumer as I still don'town the welder or know how to weld but I want to prepare all of my surfaces and them prime them with a weld through primer to know when I can weld I can jump straigh in.

Please give me any tips you have on gennys as I don't know much but really don't want to be spending more than £300 if possible.

Liam

 

[the snooper]

i have a 5kva diesel genny and a 150amp mig i tried the mig on full and it didnt want to know but i cant say what the out come would be on a lower setting for repairing a car i will try it around 6pm and let you know the out come

 

[laam999]

Thanks for testing that for me snooper I'd love to know ASAP

Liam

 

[the snooper]

here goes just tested my 5kva diesel genny using mig 29 volts at the torch on 1mm steel and it welded absolutley fine with good penetration.
my genny doesnt have an avr
i mention this as one guy posted on here that he overloaded his genny and it blew the avr so its worth thinking about

 

[laam999]

AVR? Sorry I don't know what that means

 

[the snooper]

automatic voltage regulator

 

[the snooper]

unless you plan on running any sensitive equipment on the genny IE computer or other microprocessor controlled stuff id go for a genny without an avr less to go wrong

 

[laam999]

ah ok, on this genny is it advertised as
"∙ Volt meter for measuring power
∙ Circuit Breaker switch for safety cut-off"

?

does this one seem better?

 

[the snooper]

i dont think the first one has an avr as it has a brushless alternator most seem to rely on using the brushes to vary the voltage to the armature keeping the output voltage steady

 

[laam999]

ah ok thanks for the advice I really appreciated it.

Hopefully I'll get one within the next few weeks, I really want to get working on my mr2
thanks again

 

[the snooper]

no problem just one more thing if you can find a diesel for the same money (one may exist you never know) it will be cheaper to run they are better on fuel and you can use red diesel in them cheaper still

good luck let us all know how you get on