MajorPayne
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Heya all,
Morning
As I've been looking for welding equipment around the Internet since Ive started to learn TIG welding I notice that 3-phase in some cases seems to be cheaper. But not just TIG welding equipment but also things like Compressors, Bench Drills and the myriad of other industrial equipment.
I understand that three-phase equipment is mainly used in the workshop for the more serious fabrication and metalwork type of affair but I can't think for the life of me why allot of the time is seems to go cheaper then single phase equipment? After all I would expect(thinking again) the three-phase equipment would entail more robust components and in general be more complicated to fix?
So why is it that some equipment can be picked up cheaper, I've seen a fair few Miller TIG machines almost go for pennies compared to what a Miller is really worth even if it's been a bit beaten in it's time of use, I also understand that buying three-phase equipment would never run from a single-phase socket without some kind of transformer to switch between the phases.
I've also noticed that some of you guys do just this, buy a transformer device to run your three-phase in your single-phase based homes.
Would any of you shed some light on your views about this subject, as it could be an option for me in the future if I say brought either a TIG welder, milling machine or something else three-phase to run at home. Might also be useful for other users who don't quite understand the three-phase vs single-phase options.
Theirs allot of top quality used equipment around running in three-phase I mean even some of you guys have some huge machines that were built during the great war which is still running today like it was made yesterday and if that's not reliability then I don't know what is
Kind regards,
MP
Morning
As I've been looking for welding equipment around the Internet since Ive started to learn TIG welding I notice that 3-phase in some cases seems to be cheaper. But not just TIG welding equipment but also things like Compressors, Bench Drills and the myriad of other industrial equipment.
I understand that three-phase equipment is mainly used in the workshop for the more serious fabrication and metalwork type of affair but I can't think for the life of me why allot of the time is seems to go cheaper then single phase equipment? After all I would expect(thinking again) the three-phase equipment would entail more robust components and in general be more complicated to fix?
So why is it that some equipment can be picked up cheaper, I've seen a fair few Miller TIG machines almost go for pennies compared to what a Miller is really worth even if it's been a bit beaten in it's time of use, I also understand that buying three-phase equipment would never run from a single-phase socket without some kind of transformer to switch between the phases.
I've also noticed that some of you guys do just this, buy a transformer device to run your three-phase in your single-phase based homes.
Would any of you shed some light on your views about this subject, as it could be an option for me in the future if I say brought either a TIG welder, milling machine or something else three-phase to run at home. Might also be useful for other users who don't quite understand the three-phase vs single-phase options.
Theirs allot of top quality used equipment around running in three-phase I mean even some of you guys have some huge machines that were built during the great war which is still running today like it was made yesterday and if that's not reliability then I don't know what is
Kind regards,
MP