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inverter welder

  • 20-01-2011 9:43am
    #1
    aidanki
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭


    gentlemen

    new year time to get a new welder, I will be using it for agri work and some small scale fabrication involved

    these look good these these inverter fusions http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/shop/mma-welders.htm they seems to have a much higher duty cycle than everything else out there, is that a small bit unusual?

    what other makes to consider lincoln parweld EWM will get the most powerful one I can while at it it won't be overheating

    more importantly which makes to avoid, won't be using it a lot and would like to get a good few years out of it

    PS auld lad has an transformer machine 25yrs old, is it possible that it could be jumping up and down 20-30amps when you stop start or is that just my imagination and due to my lack of technique

    made a hole in a piece of 1in galvanised piping the weekend shortened arc and still couldn't fill it restarted 5mins later and welder would hardly light a cigarette filled hole no bother though


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  • #2
    F.D
    Registered Users Posts: 718 ✭✭✭F.D


    Dont do or know a lot about welding but i got a friend of mine to use his on a small bit ot work i needed done in a shed, they are very portable and handy, one thing i did notice was how bad the old wiring and the power supply is on the farm it did trip out a few times and also burnt out the fuses/ overheated at the plug. maybe that could be the problem with your old welder rather than the welder its self,


  • #3
    bigted2
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭bigted2


    i have a tec arc welder 200amp machine a good one theyare made in england:)


  • #4
    palo
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭palo


    I have a esab inverter welder have it ten years now and have used it a lot without a hitch. The only reason I use the oil cooled is if im going mobile and bringing the gene. worth a look at.


  • #5
    ArcEye247
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭ArcEye247


    Get a 200 amp inverter . you can pick up a brand new one for around 350. These are generator(6kw plus) friendly and will burn 3.2mm rods all day long


  • #6
    aidanki
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭aidanki


    ArcEye247 wrote: »
    Get a 200 amp inverter . you can pick up a brand new one for around 350. These are generator(6kw plus) friendly and will burn 3.2mm rods all day long


    any suggestions as to where to get such a machine

    any makes you would recommend?


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  • #7
    bigted2
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭bigted2


    hi aidinki did you geta welder:)


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