polarity

[frankie]

is the stick positive or negative for reverse polarity?

[Ed Heimbach]

reverse polatity= positive electrode
search for thread 'amp question', chip hayden had a good answer there
apparently the search engine in this forum won't allow the use of a word shorter than 4 letters, therefore, searching 'amp' won't work.
thread dates from 10-08 -02, started by 10FOLD.
I wish I knew how to pull quotes from one thread and paste them to another!

[PigTurd]

Ed, you can fool the system by searching for arc* or mig* or whatever. I ran into that right away, it worked great!


Good luck!

Chris

[Ed Heimbach]

PT, thanks a bunch, appreciate the info!

[Guest]

Originally posted by Ed Heimbach


I wish I knew how to pull quotes from one thread and paste them to another!

Ed, I just use the windows clipboard...Ctrl+C for copy, and Ctrl+V for paste. Is that what you're asking?

[Mowjunk]

The way I remember polarity is by thinking of politicians - Senators and Representatives.

REP = Reverse Electrode Positive

SEN = Straight Electrode Negative

Hope this helps.

[BillC]

Re: polarity

Originally posted by frankie
is the stick positive or negative for reverse polarity?

My method of remembering is a little more morbid than Mowjunk's... RIP and SIN

RIP - Reverse is Positive
SIN - Straight is Negative

[Will]

Both of those are great ways to remember it! I used a label maker to (semi) permanantly label the polarity switch on my welder to avoid any confusion.

[Guest]

Re: Re: polarity

Originally posted by BillC


My method of remembering is a little more morbid than Mowjunk's... RIP and SIN

RIP - Reverse is Positive
SIN - Straight is Negative

I have always had a tuff time with that...thanks guys.