DaveKamp
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2004
- Location
- LeClaire, Ia
Hey all-
So some time ago... pert'near a decade... a well-exercised Stryko B-16-10 spot welder was vested upon me.
Data plate says:
Model B-16-10 Style F, no 15124
220v single phase 43A,
10kva @ 50% Duty Cycle, secondary volts 1.4 2.2
6500 secondary amps at 16 throat 6 gap,
It had eleventeen layers of paint, and several types of grease coagulated in the pedal-spring-stuff, and a bunch of dirt and weeds inside. I've dealt with all that, and am correcting wear in the pivots, etc., What I can see of the electricals look great, so I have no worries that it'll wake up and play.
It has water-cooling hoses to the electrode holders... which is nice... but I'll be setting it up (for the time being) in my old shop, which is not heated, and I have no cooling facilities for it.
I COULD fit it with a pump, radiator, and glycol... but I really don't think I'd be using it at a load requiring substantial cooling, at least until my new shop (which WILL be heated) is done. I have NO idea what this little beastie is capable of as far as material thickness, but I suspect it's no slouch. I'd probably be using it most for 20ga or thinner, but if it'll nail 1/4" plate together, I'd probably find a reason to use that capacity someday...
1) I haven't found a manual for it anywhere, but I see lots of 'em. Anyone got one they could scan and email me?
2) Would it be even partially acceptable to set it up with a regulator and just flow compressed air through it at reduced pressure to provide cooling?
So some time ago... pert'near a decade... a well-exercised Stryko B-16-10 spot welder was vested upon me.
Data plate says:
Model B-16-10 Style F, no 15124
220v single phase 43A,
10kva @ 50% Duty Cycle, secondary volts 1.4 2.2
6500 secondary amps at 16 throat 6 gap,
It had eleventeen layers of paint, and several types of grease coagulated in the pedal-spring-stuff, and a bunch of dirt and weeds inside. I've dealt with all that, and am correcting wear in the pivots, etc., What I can see of the electricals look great, so I have no worries that it'll wake up and play.
It has water-cooling hoses to the electrode holders... which is nice... but I'll be setting it up (for the time being) in my old shop, which is not heated, and I have no cooling facilities for it.
I COULD fit it with a pump, radiator, and glycol... but I really don't think I'd be using it at a load requiring substantial cooling, at least until my new shop (which WILL be heated) is done. I have NO idea what this little beastie is capable of as far as material thickness, but I suspect it's no slouch. I'd probably be using it most for 20ga or thinner, but if it'll nail 1/4" plate together, I'd probably find a reason to use that capacity someday...
1) I haven't found a manual for it anywhere, but I see lots of 'em. Anyone got one they could scan and email me?
2) Would it be even partially acceptable to set it up with a regulator and just flow compressed air through it at reduced pressure to provide cooling?