MBConfuse
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I've been looking for a tig welder for quite some time, and I've been biding my time with cash from the sale of one of my other toys burning a hole in my pocket. Ideally I wanted something all singing all dancing for next to no money, yeah right!
Well anyway I couldn't resist bidding on this one, but was really surprised to win it for under £400. I figured I couldn't really go wrong for that kind of money.
I've just picked it up today and there is a knob or two missing. I've powered it up on a 13A supply just to check it works until I get my proper supply in place. I have had to swap some of the jumpers to let it run on 230V single phase. I'll never be able to use it a full whack, but i'm not worried about that as long as I can supply it safely. One of the LED displays doesn't seem to work, it looks like is should display a square wave, but its dead.
I thought I'd post a few piccies of it, in case people haven't seen the inside of one before.
If anyone has any advise about the use of this machine please feel free to comment / advise away.
I know plenty of people here run high current rated machines on lower rated supplies, but am I right in thinking that - assuming you have sized the power supply cable correctly taking in to account its length, and you have the correct breaker for that cable/current, then in theory although you can trip the breaker, its not dangerous?
Well anyway I couldn't resist bidding on this one, but was really surprised to win it for under £400. I figured I couldn't really go wrong for that kind of money.
I've just picked it up today and there is a knob or two missing. I've powered it up on a 13A supply just to check it works until I get my proper supply in place. I have had to swap some of the jumpers to let it run on 230V single phase. I'll never be able to use it a full whack, but i'm not worried about that as long as I can supply it safely. One of the LED displays doesn't seem to work, it looks like is should display a square wave, but its dead.
I thought I'd post a few piccies of it, in case people haven't seen the inside of one before.
If anyone has any advise about the use of this machine please feel free to comment / advise away.
I know plenty of people here run high current rated machines on lower rated supplies, but am I right in thinking that - assuming you have sized the power supply cable correctly taking in to account its length, and you have the correct breaker for that cable/current, then in theory although you can trip the breaker, its not dangerous?