JP Machining
Stainless
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2006
- Location
- Wisconsin
Maybe a dumb question, but..
I'm looking for a spot welder to do say 2 sheets of 16ga together, maybe some weld nuts that sort of stuff. From what I gather about power requirements for input power I figure I can feed a 30 kva welder pretty easy. If I find a deal on say a 50kva machine is it ok to under power them and just know to not use the high end of the power settings, or even lock it out somehow? Thinking, hopefully in a few years I'd be in a bigger shop where feeding proper amps wouldn't be an issue, but right now I only got so much to spare and these things are amp hogs, for short bursts.
Have only ever played with the Hobo Freight hand held ones, and tired of burning them out cuz people dont understand duty cycles etc, time to upgrade to something with controls.
I'm looking for a spot welder to do say 2 sheets of 16ga together, maybe some weld nuts that sort of stuff. From what I gather about power requirements for input power I figure I can feed a 30 kva welder pretty easy. If I find a deal on say a 50kva machine is it ok to under power them and just know to not use the high end of the power settings, or even lock it out somehow? Thinking, hopefully in a few years I'd be in a bigger shop where feeding proper amps wouldn't be an issue, but right now I only got so much to spare and these things are amp hogs, for short bursts.
Have only ever played with the Hobo Freight hand held ones, and tired of burning them out cuz people dont understand duty cycles etc, time to upgrade to something with controls.