Bought the cheapest IGBT welder on Amz - US$79. Tested at 50A, 100A and 200A. I do not believe that this can output 200A. See my review at - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078MQ6XYF/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I built and sold multiple items with what you are calling a P.O.S welder. The only issue I had was lack of experience. I gave everyone who can weld a go at it and they were all very impressed.
you blame the welder for you not taking the time to clean the ground connection or the area to be welded. how old were your rods and were they kept in a dry environment?
Putting the clamp around the whole AC input cord will get you a zero reading as the current coming in the hot wire and going out the neutral cancel each other out. If you put the meter on just the hot or the neutral you will get a reading. On the AC side you are going to have todo math on the reading to guess at the output. AmpsXvolts=input power. (Input powerX0.85)/30volts = output amps. should get you close to whats coming out. These units should be 80-85% effecient and weld voltage should be north of 24-30volts. If you cam get a voltage measurment on the output terminals while welding you can use that instead of 30volts and get a better estamate.
jajaja, La pinza amperimetrica en la escala de alterna en la salida de una inverter !!! ,No contento con eso , tambien la puso en la entrada a la maquina, pero midiendo los dos cables a la vez , no tiene ni idea de lo que es una soldadora inverter ni tampoco una pinza amperimetricam Amazon debiera hacerlo meter preso, este tipo es una burla para los que estamos buscando referencias antes de comprar !!! Le colaboro con un merecido dislike.
Purpose of the video was to extreme test the inverter welder. It's a P-O-S, but i'm stuck with it now. My other welder is a Lincoln AC225, which is more that 20yrs old. I'm no "Welder", but I can satisfy my own needs. Cheers to all the diys.
I have been looking for a serious review of this welder and since it showed the Amp meter, I was thinking, this guy knows what he's doing. I have never laughed so hard as when I saw him putting his amp clamp over the ac wire. What an idiot.
Tell them! The work clamp is on the work for once, but it might be rusty and oily and not conducting well, and the same for the spot where the electrode is touching, this is only a few volts! Let the clamp and the electrode touch the METAL, and you have a chance, as comrade Copor says. A special tip if you REALLY have trouble getting started is to cut the electrodes in half! Short electrodes or stubs of electrodes strike easily, and you have more control.
With these tiny welders and their digital readouts... I sometimes think to turn it up all the way, then adjust down to get the action you want. The rating and the panel meter might both be "optimistic", or entirely nonsense. And of course THAT electrode might well want the maximum power that this thing can really give! There are tiny electrodes like 1/16" that look like sparklers for that fifty amp action. They look funny and are kind of wiggly. On the other hand, when you buy them you get a LOT in a package. Also, if you were MIG welding with 1/16" wire people might be impressed, so look at it that way.
yes, but you still need to do the correct setting there are no universal meter. Clamp meters don't have brains to decide whether they are measuring an ac or dc current.
I agree.. This looks horrible. I think the operator is trying extra hard to prove the welder is indeed a "p.o.s." In my opinion, if you're a skilled welder, you can make a pretty weld with almost anything. I have a few welders, but even with my cheap Harbor Freight stick welder I can lay down a stack of dimes fairly easily. If the amps are there, you're good to go!
