Robbie260
I fix things that others have broken
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Pulling my socks up and being more realistic and trying to get on with things as I have been procrastinating on several things for a couple of years now.
Have a choice of a The fronious or the Kemppi have been given a really good offer on the trans steel and I must admit my head is saying buy it as I shouldn’t need to buy another mig for a very long while. Why is the mini arc evo a factor well. Want to use it with a generator and the mini arc dose have a very low minimum generator spec meaning I could easily get away with a 6.5kva, I’d say the fronious would need an 8kva but my lorch micor tig also requires an 8kva so getting one would be better in that sense. Space I a bit of a factor and a 6.5 kva generator is a bit smaller than an 8 and the miniarc is smaller than the fronius. The mini arc is also on sale at the moment and I’d get trade discount on top of that so it’s pretty cheap if I’m being honest.
Kemppi is definitely kinder to my wallet and the fronious while heavily discounted is still enough cash that I’d probably only a £100 or so short of mini arc plus generator instead welder and generator.
So do I buy ounce and really cry ounce or listen to my bank balance.
Would say I have more faith in the fronius dealer than the Kemppi one if I’m being honest but they are nice enough guys and a bit nearer.
Have heard the Kemppi can be a nightmare to repair if out of warranty as it’s replace the main board or forget it which is apparently pretty expensive enough so you could almost buy an entire new one so that has me stumped a little.
Apparently there is some fancy sub menu in the fronius to automatically limit it’s out put to say a 10 or 16 or 32 amp fuse I’m not sure how true this is mind but I haven’t seen this so I’m asking if anyones heard of it and if it works if so it would possibly clinch the fronius for me.
Mainly doing steel up to 5mm, some stainless, and doing aluminium 3mm plus.
Unfortunately although I’d like one have had to rule out the ewm pico mig 180 plus due to cost.
Have a choice of a The fronious or the Kemppi have been given a really good offer on the trans steel and I must admit my head is saying buy it as I shouldn’t need to buy another mig for a very long while. Why is the mini arc evo a factor well. Want to use it with a generator and the mini arc dose have a very low minimum generator spec meaning I could easily get away with a 6.5kva, I’d say the fronious would need an 8kva but my lorch micor tig also requires an 8kva so getting one would be better in that sense. Space I a bit of a factor and a 6.5 kva generator is a bit smaller than an 8 and the miniarc is smaller than the fronius. The mini arc is also on sale at the moment and I’d get trade discount on top of that so it’s pretty cheap if I’m being honest.
Kemppi is definitely kinder to my wallet and the fronious while heavily discounted is still enough cash that I’d probably only a £100 or so short of mini arc plus generator instead welder and generator.
So do I buy ounce and really cry ounce or listen to my bank balance.
Would say I have more faith in the fronius dealer than the Kemppi one if I’m being honest but they are nice enough guys and a bit nearer.
Have heard the Kemppi can be a nightmare to repair if out of warranty as it’s replace the main board or forget it which is apparently pretty expensive enough so you could almost buy an entire new one so that has me stumped a little.
Apparently there is some fancy sub menu in the fronius to automatically limit it’s out put to say a 10 or 16 or 32 amp fuse I’m not sure how true this is mind but I haven’t seen this so I’m asking if anyones heard of it and if it works if so it would possibly clinch the fronius for me.
Mainly doing steel up to 5mm, some stainless, and doing aluminium 3mm plus.
Unfortunately although I’d like one have had to rule out the ewm pico mig 180 plus due to cost.