strange power adapter

[simon718]

anyone seen one of these before? - welder to power tool adapter

 

[Hitch]

How do you do a PAT test on that...doesnt look like it would be approved to me.

 

[zardoz]

Whats legal in the USA isnt always legal here. Of course they dont have the nanny state tradition like we do. As i mentioned in another thread, the Indianapolis 500 fans can take there own wood in and build a personal viewing platform, and hundreds do. Can you imagine doing that here at the formula 1 ?!

 

[madkayaker]

no no no no

 

[simon718]

just to add, i wasn't suggesting it was a good idea in any way

 

[Luke]

that's truely horrible!

 

[madkayaker]

glad to hear it and the yanks went to iraq to look for WMD's

 

[R Kraft]

Why would it be dangerous, it's just using the OCV of a DC welder ?
Robert

 

[madkayaker]

no fusing so protental for tool to draw couple of hundred amps (do your plugs have fuses or is it all in plug)

 

[Omniata]

Looks like it's got an inline fuse fitted

 

[Drains]

US attitude to electricity is just different. Mains sockets in bathroom, hairdrier in sink etc etc - no big deal. What surprised me about that adaptor is it needs an OCV on your welder of 110v to be effective, and there ain't too many sets like that about, are there?

 

[Welderpaul]

If you have a welding set running, its either plugged into the mains anyway, or running off a genny which 9 times out of 10 will have 240 and 110v sockets on it, so why would you need this contraption?

 

[R Kraft]

It might have enough voltage to run lights, the highest OCV I ever saw on a diesel welder was 100v.
I don't know how much a power saw or large drill would drop the voltage.
To me, it's more useless than dangerous.
Robert

 

[bpcoryton]

most 110v power tools are AC, so if you are running a genny DC its not going to be a lot of use,and most gennys run about 80ocv.