From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 2/19/2025 3:11 PM, Richard Smith wrote:   
   > I'd be laying-down   
   > (* 270 29.5) ;; 7965.0   
   > 8kW   
   > at the arc.   
   > (actually I was using 28.5V (?) in that weld pictured, to avoid   
   > toe-groove on the vertical plate, even though there was onset of some   
   > "misting" (not full spatter))   
   > That's 10kW at the wall with an inverter, or probably 16kW with a   
   > traditional transformer machine.   
   > (/ 16e3 240) ;; 66.66666666666667   
   > Which would be 67Amps at the wall on 240V.   
   >   
   > I wanted to speak with people who have a machine they plug in in a shed,   
   > probably from an "extension lead" from the house.   
   >   
   > Happy times everyone.   
   >   
   > Rich Smith   
   >   
      
     Well , I'm one of those "shed" people ... but my power feed to the   
   shop is 2/0 aluminum fed by a 100A breaker . I do sometimes use a ~15   
   foot 8ga extension cord for the 220V Lincoln WeldPak 175 or the 50A   
   plasma cutter . I haven't done any vertical up with this machine , last   
   time I did it was with the 110V Weldpak 100 using .035 flux core . The   
   work was a bush hog mower deck top of 2 layers of 11 ga steel(IIRC) , it   
   was adequate to the task . Welds weren't pretty but that was about 3   
   years ago and if there were any problems I'd have gotten a call - the   
   job was to replace fatigue cracked top deck plates where the gearbox   
   mounts . Neither welder is a pro grade machine , the 100 is a basic   
   hobbyist unit IMO and the 175 is a bit more serious but not quite pro   
   grade . For stick I have the usual 225A AC Lincoln tombstone and an   
   Everlast EX250 TIG/stick machine . The TIG machine will do AC and DC up   
   to 250 amps . I've never used it for stick . I suck at stick welding .   
   Anything under 1/4"/6mm gets done with the MIG , over that it depends on   
   the material - I'm a better TIG welder than stick , and I ain't that   
   good at TIG .   
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