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Default Replace battery in Harbor Freight "solar" powered welding helmet

On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:36:50 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:44:36 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

On 9/17/2016 3:39 PM, mike wrote:
... It's unlikely that
it's a problem, BUT, it's your eyes and a mistake
could be very costly.
Tread carefully while you can still see.

The UV filtering is independent of the darkening - it's always on.
So,
if it doesn't darken, you would get a flash, but it wouldn't have
the
damaging UV in it.

Bob


Is that true with all auto-darkening helmets? I didn't realize that.
It makes me feel better about them.

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Ed Huntress


My Jackson EQC filters IR and UV when off. The flash doesn't hurt my
eyes when I forget to turn the helmet on.


That's interesting. I just never thought to ask. It always worried me,
and has kept me from using an auto-darkening helmet. After cataract
surgery in both eyes and 3,000 laser burns on my retina capillaries to
treat diabetic retinopathy, I try to treat them well. Luckily, I can
still see great. I want to keep it that way.


The flash does hurt the Tungsten when I forget to turn the Argon on.


g Yeah, it does do that.

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Ed Huntress



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