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  • 220v arc (buzz box) powered 110 mig?

    My buddy just did this, sounds too easy to be true - is this ok to do? Using the 110 to basically drive the wire and the 220 for the arc on the wire?
    WhiteKnuckleMotorsports.net
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    Why did he do it?

    Did he succeed?

    This may backfire on him and burn out either welder.
    It's not an optical illusion...it just looks like one

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    • #3
      yea, burns real nicely he says..

      Sounded scary but then again - why not?
      WhiteKnuckleMotorsports.net
      --- Defining the fine line between adrenaline and pain ---

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      • #4
        I did it , but it wasn't so easy for me. I had to build a rectifier and inductor and add alot of capacitance and a reostat before it would work, but then I had an AC buzz box. I found out real quick that the gun wasn't made for that kind of amperage if I would have welded for very long the gun would have become a plastic puddle. So I would not do it.
        I found an old Miller wire feeder at a sale and use it with it now and it works very good.
        Howdy

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