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What is "Duty Cycle"? What should I look for in a wire welder?
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Duty cycle is usually given in percent. It means the percent of time you can actually be welding vs waiting for the machine to cool off. I think a 10min span is a pretty common time for welders. A 30% duty factor means you can weld continuous for 3 min, then need to wait 7 min for the machine to cool.
As you might expect duty factor depends on the settings, wire size, wire speed, as well an the units overall design. Doing lighter work you will be able to make longer continuous runs than you can at the machines max capacity.
Most decent machines have thermal overload protection. They simply shut down it they get too hot, hopefully before any perminant damage occurs. They force you to wait.
Hope that helps.
Bob -
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