This may help a few people, I have a miller syncrowave 250 I bought in about 2002, I bought a 5 gallon bucket put a fountain pump in the bottom of it, ran to my torch and returned to the top of the 5 gallon bucket. the cool liquid at the bottom goes to the torch.. I used distilled water for a few years but do to risk of freezing I changed to the miller coolant to avoid freezing.. The 4 gallons would take a few hours of solid welding to heat up. The capacity of 4 gallons beats lots of these machines that cool 1-2 gallons. I built the system for $50
The reason your water isn't getting hot is because you aren't pumping it with enough pressure. It takes ~50 psi and your little fountain pump isn't even close. The water lines are very small; that's why it takes so much pressure. You are basically running your torch as an air cooled. Try a real water cooler and you will notice the difference. They remove a lot of heat through the radiator and typically hold 3 gallons. I don't know how you haven't melted your handle. You must take a lot of breaks;-)
You hooked the cooler up backwards! See the arrows on the pump, water out means chilled water out of the cooler and in to the torch. Chilled water comes out of the "water out" and flows towards your torch, picks up the heat and flows back to the "water in" gets chilled in the heat exchanger and stored again in the reservoir below the pump. From there the pump sucks it up again and the cycle continous.
@@mancubwelder7924 Cold water through the blue hose directly to the torch head. Then back through the red one cooling the wire carrying the weld current and back to the cooler.
A few of us noticed also. Kind of a shame he gets such a fundamental aspect wrong in a video intended to help those that have never installed a water cooler.😐
Great video. My machine feeds the gas through the power cable of the torch, high frequency start. Is there a way to hook a water cooled torch up with this system, or do I have to bypass the machine and run gas straight to the torch?
Nice mancub! EXACTLY what I had to do 5 or 6 months ago. Got the same style Tweco TC900 water cooler for $250 :) yea, $1200 cooler. Awesome video cub! Keep it up!
Thanks Derrick. The model number of this water cooler is R1100v its by DynaFlux. I thought the same thing as you did, looks like a tweco brand. Then i look it up and was like holy crap. Thank for watching weld.com. Stay healthy and safe. Take it easy!!
Lol. I just got the same cooler for $240 today. Still a great deal. Sold. What strange timing though. literally got one today, and was wondering how to hook up.
The model number of this water cooler is R1100v its by DynaFlux. I thought the same thing until we got it back here at the shop and look the model number up on the name plate. Hey man im glad i can help. Camera guy got me a new foot petal for my miller xmt 350. So that is my latest toy got for the welder. Thank 4 watching Weld.com. Stay healthy! Keep learning
Hey ManCub, Great video I just have a quick question. When using a water cooled torch what is the best cooling fluid to use for longevity of the torch?
Yeah you can do it on there. Take the first example i show you in this video. David thank you for watching Weld.com. Stay Healthy & safe. Take it easy David
@@mancubwelder7924 got it castrate( cut out the Dingus plug with the gas hole in the middle) the machine and run it in ARC Mode, or just deal witth a hot torch in TIG Mode. I was considering getting a torch with a manual valve to see if I like it better anyhow. Dream Big Chisel Down To Reality
I’m no professional (just starting out at age 49) welder so I’m just wondering what is the benefit of this and give me a practical application for a better understanding please. Thanks in advance
You also can get smaller torches with higher amps, so you can fit into tighter spaces. They are in general a quality of life upgrade. Not needed, but makes welding more comfortable.
Really helpful if you are welding lots of alu. TIG is the usual process for Alu which takes more amps for a given thickness. If you are doing long runs of 1/4" material, the torch can get hot enough so you can't hold it with MIG gloves. A water cooled torch will let you weld until you are tired.
It seems kind of odd the cooler is labeled "OUT" for the returning hot water from the power cable and "IN" for the cold water to go up to the torch, but I am not familiar with that unit. Cool video otherwise and I'm sure you're getting a bunch of people searching for used coolers from flea markets hoping to catch one for $50 like you! LOL
You want the flow of the water going in the blue side and out the red. Why? Your trying to cool the torch off first because your hand is hot. If you went the other way you would be heating the torch up.
