JR North wrote:

I've been mostly tigging al; no problem w/ #10 shade HF A/D Helmet. Just
started light gauge (22) steel sheet at 30A. The arc light is so dim at
low amp I can't see the work and puddle properly. What do you guys use
here? Do you use an aux halogen light source to illuminate the work?
Need to check out the range of shade levels on some other helmets. Maybe
one that goes down to #8?
JR
Dweller in the cellar

I recently had some light-gauge steel to TIG, and once I got a helmet
that would respond to the dim arc, had good results with simply
increasing the illumination on the work. That worked better than
changing to a lighter shade.

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Ted Bennett