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the exhaust on my truck broke in 3 places and sounds horrible, cel always on....so i figured it was a good excuse to get my welder.
still have to get a cart, bottle, gloves and all that bs. and i have to wire a 220 line into my gargage. then learn to weld
still have to get a cart, bottle, gloves and all that bs. and i have to wire a 220 line into my gargage. then learn to weld
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Damn, I paid more than $35 for just one outlet! I installed a 220 outlet in the garage (right beside the breaker panel) and built a 50' extension. Made it so my mig welder, plasma cutter and generator could all be swapped to hook into that 220 (6250W generator can be hooked up to back feed into the panel). The female outlet on the generator has an "L" where one of the male prongs goes. If the L points the other way it is a $15 plug, in my case it is a $35 plug. Spent a small fortune building the wires/plugs but it works great.
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would you guys recommend a 50amp breaker with 6/3 wire or a 40amp with 8/3 wire? welder manual is only asking for 40a, and the only other thing i can forsee running on it would be a compressor which would need even less. reason for asking 8/3 wire is considerably cheaper than 6/3. the run will probably be less than 30ft.
same goes for an extension cord, see any problem with 8/3? how long can i go with it?
edit: nevermind. at home depot 6/3 is only like 20cents more per foot than 8/3
same goes for an extension cord, see any problem with 8/3? how long can i go with it?
edit: nevermind. at home depot 6/3 is only like 20cents more per foot than 8/3
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and i dont know if you know this but if you open up the lid on the side of the wellder (if your is the same as mine) you open it up and there is a chart on there telling you what your wire speed and Volts needs to be on for diff thicknesses of metal!
you can also do aluminum and stainless with the right stuff!
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the wire you got for the extension, are they all together in a sheathing? the reason i ask is because all the stuff they had at home depot was incredibly inflexible. now that doesn't bother me for the wiring from the breaker to the box, but would probably get super annoying for an extension cord.