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Yeah I've watched them go from $99 down to $89 over the last several years, so $79 is the next logical step I suppose. Have to wonder how many of those things are sitting in their warehouses right now.
Willie
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I have one of the very first versions of this, purchased around 20 years ago. I think I paid about 90 bucks way back then.
It's a pretty basic stick welder. It really needs 220V to be effective. I have used it a couple of times to repair various things, but it lacks the "oomph" to do serious work.
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This particular welder is the 110V 90A Flux/Mig welder.
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I bought one of these about 6 years ago for $85. I have used it a few times and it paid for itself just on repairing my utility trailer. These machines are AC not DC so there is a fair amount of spatter but for a hobbyist like me it is great. The supply voltage is 120V so you can plug it in just about anywhere. These welders have 10% duty cycle but I only tripped mine once when welding up some rebar cages for the porch footings. If you need a little flux core wire welder this one is hard to beat at that price. Just my 2¢.
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(02-12-2018, 12:43 PM)JScott Wrote: These machines are AC not DC
There's a simple mod floating around the web that converts it to DC.
Ed
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The specs say this latest model has a 20% duty cycle but that is based on being powered from a 20 amp circuit. Pure marketing B.S. as far as I'm concerned. They know these machines are going to get used plugged into a standard 15 amp household outlet 99% of the time, but they don't want to publish the duty cycle for that.
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Ok, I'll bite, what possible difference could the breaker ahead of the machine have to do with it duty cycle?
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