I did check it with something similar, but I needs to be 16a.
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Jo
So I always knew I was potentially gambling the £124 I paid direct from the manufacturer.
your right, I would have been been ok for it to last only 6mths if I could use to see if I really had a long term need for a plasma cutter.
So I always knew I was potentially gambling the £124 I paid direct from the manufacturer.
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Obviously for full load working yes. But for the purpose of testing that the thing actually works on low settings 13A is fine. As said, once your running just change the plug and mcb to suit the full load of the machine
Where is the manufacturer based btw? Is there a return to base warranty?
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The Bestarc plasma's seem to get good reviews, online.
Jo, thanks for the invaluable info, as a newbie with plasma cutters all information much needed learning.
The manufacturer Bestarc is China based, although the unit was delivered to me from the midlands.
I have been in email communication with them and they have asked me to jump through a few hoops, but in their last email they asked me to take some video of the power coming to the machine switch and from it, before they will send me a new machine.
This I done yesterday, so still waiting to hear back from them.
I think this thread could end up being a critique of Bestarc customer service.
Matt, thanks for the message. Yes there appears to be many positive reviews, particularly on Amazon. Although very few of them are from the UK.
I think I am in a waiting game with Bestarc customer service.
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I've been skirting around their BTC800XP 80A Non-HF CNC Plasma for a build im on,think i will watch this thread for a bit.
OK chip, as soon as I get anymore feed back from Bestarc customer service I will post it here. My friend was also going to but the one you mentioned, but he too is waiting to see how Bestarc respond to my issue.I've been skirting around their BTC800XP 80A Non-HF CNC Plasma for a build im on,think i will watch this thread for a bit.
Regards Mike.
The first thing that happens on any low-end inverter-powered welder or plasma cutter is that the AC mains goes into a full-wave bridge rectifier. From then on the rest of the machine runs off this 325v DC bus.
So as long as you put the Earth wire in the right place, nothing you do with L and N can affect how soon the machine blows up...
( Sometimes even miswiring the green/yellow E cable wouldn't matter, because they do not connect it at the machine end ...! )
[ A better machine may have an input mains filter, or even Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuitry, but that should not care about L and N swaps.]
Thanks Eddie. I didn’t think I did anything wrong. Just waiting on Bestarc now.
Well things are looking up. Bestarc have just informed me that they have sent me a new unit out and should be with me in two days!
In fact they are sending me out an upgrade Gen 10 model.
www.bestarc.com
So heres hoping everything will be ok.
In fact they are sending me out an upgrade Gen 10 model.
bestarc BTC500DP 10GEN 50A Plasma Cutter Digital Screen Display 110/220V Dual Voltage
Plasma Cutter, Pilot Arc [Air Sensor Technology] 110/220V BTC500DP 10th Generation, 50Amps Screen Display Digital Plasma Cutting Machine (BTC500DP 10GEN 110/220V)
www.bestarc.com
So heres hoping everything will be ok.
