Hello,
I was given one of these oil cooled arc welders, guy said it worked but hasn't been used for probably 10 years...!
It's got a piece of 2.5mm2 twin and earth going to a 13amp plug which is correctly connected to the 0 and 240v terminals. Anyway, plugged it in with none of the welding leads connected and it immediately tripped the 16amp mcb in my garage and the 16amp mcb in the house which feeds the garage.
What's up with it? Surely there should be no load on it because the leads are not connected? Or am I missing something?
Thanks!
I was given one of these oil cooled arc welders, guy said it worked but hasn't been used for probably 10 years...!
It's got a piece of 2.5mm2 twin and earth going to a 13amp plug which is correctly connected to the 0 and 240v terminals. Anyway, plugged it in with none of the welding leads connected and it immediately tripped the 16amp mcb in my garage and the 16amp mcb in the house which feeds the garage.
What's up with it? Surely there should be no load on it because the leads are not connected? Or am I missing something?
Thanks!