From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Nov 16 2003 - 22:01:39 PST
At 8:52 PM -0500 11/16/03, David Cole wrote:
>You'd be a lot better off getting some 10 gauge
>- 3 wire cable and using that. Per the NEC, you
>can use lighter gauge cable on welders that have
>limited duty cycles. IE Lincoln buzz boxes. 10
>Gauge is more than enough for going up to about
>50 feet. I just bought 50 feet of 10-3 SJ
>something for $30.
>
>In reality I'd be surprised if you pull much
>more than 30 amps using 1/8" rod. I typically
>use 1/8" 6011 on DC and I run it at about 135
>amps. 7014 and 7024 can pull a lot more, but I
>doubt that you'd be using that rod with a
>Lincoln buzz box as it is pretty hard to start
>with those types of welders. (low open circuit
>voltage).
>
>Cheap wire is a bad idea. It only takes one
>good shock, even at 120 VAC to ground, if you
>know what I mean!
I'd probably upgrade that wire to a 4 wire
Hot/Hot/Neutral/Ground with a 4 blade twist lock
plug to keep things nice and secure. That or a
Russelstoll connector (nice and water proof).
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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