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I've been having a look for a second hand 3 phase unit following the useful advice on here.
Having further followed the advice I know that the ideal unit will go from 25/30a up to around the 300a mark. A second hand unit makes sense because it's not going to get lots of use, or continuous use. Again looking through the advice/info I think a realistic budget is up to a maximum of £1k for a machine that's been looked after and can be seen working/tested. Transformer rather than inverter, doesn't need to have bells and whistles for a display as it'd be wasted, doesn't need to be even remotely portable,
What I can't pin down reading around is what to avoid. So could some kind soul/s narrow my search for me in terms of what makes to go for and/or what to avoid.
Currently on the 'good to have' list are ESAB, Lincoln, Lorch, Kemppi or Miller. Anything to add to that list and what should be on the avoid list?
Having further followed the advice I know that the ideal unit will go from 25/30a up to around the 300a mark. A second hand unit makes sense because it's not going to get lots of use, or continuous use. Again looking through the advice/info I think a realistic budget is up to a maximum of £1k for a machine that's been looked after and can be seen working/tested. Transformer rather than inverter, doesn't need to have bells and whistles for a display as it'd be wasted, doesn't need to be even remotely portable,
What I can't pin down reading around is what to avoid. So could some kind soul/s narrow my search for me in terms of what makes to go for and/or what to avoid.
Currently on the 'good to have' list are ESAB, Lincoln, Lorch, Kemppi or Miller. Anything to add to that list and what should be on the avoid list?