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Default First welder- casual use

You won't need a whole lot of power. 10ga wire on a 30a breaker will run
any weld you'll ever do.

s


"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:18:42 -0600, "S. Barker"
wrote:

keep in mind the 120v units won't weld much more than 1/8" stock properly.
You need a 220v unit with at LEAST 130A output for real fab work on 1/4 to
3/8 material.


Thanks- just talked me out of 120v. Dammit- I don't have 220 in the
garage yet.

Jim