On 29/07/2020 09:03, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
williamwright has brought this to us :
On 29/07/2020 02:06, John Rumm wrote:

So moral of the story, I wish I had gone for something like it years
ago, and I now have a new found respect for IGBT inverter arc welders
- they make the whole process quite civilised!

Tell me exactly what to buy. Seriously. The welder I bought for £50 in
1976 is beginning to get on my nerves a bit.

Bill

I added a 240v cooling fan to the case of mine, plus a handy 13amp
socket. The fan runs whether or not it has thermally tripped. It makes a
lot of difference to the run time before tripping and to the recovery
time after tripping.

Yup, I used a pair of either 6" or 8" mains fans - it was better
certainly, but still far from good!


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Cheers,

John.

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