150-700amp £49.99

[gavuk]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arc-Welder-15...hash=item220259431409&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318 150 amp min

 

[fingers99]

Wonder what the capacity is with 700amps!

A proud Phillipine invention, eh?

 

[Robbus]

Jebus wept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC_tIQG5Rew
Can Weldequip supply masks like that guy uses?

Any boffins care to guess how the tiny box bangs out so many amps? And who's going to be brave enough to buy one to try out?

Cheers,
Rob

 

[wyn]

Do you reckon the amps are altered by moving the position of the earth lead

Maybe you get the 700A if you connect the tongs straight to the cable coming into the workshop/house.

On the video the welding shield looks nice and light ideal for some overhead work

 

[Hitch]

So you wire it in on the meter tails, before it gets to the fuse box.... And connect the job straight to ground..

 

[Hitch]

At least he was using a mask...

And didnt have it in a bucket of water

 

[SC_BK]

This guy here's brave http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KAplLEjTriE


DAM! Beaten to it by hitch
Must stop sleeping on the job....

 

[runnach]

Inside the box there is a wheel that runs the length, you want 100 amp, chuck in one hamster, and away he goes. Wheel can accommodate max of 7 hamsters, hence 700 amps max

Clever stuff, beats an inverter big time

 

[shenion]

looks to be just a reactor coil.

Crude, very little control and violates nearly every electrical code.

 

[rtbcomp]

Words fail me!

He's using the building earth to carry the welding current. The welding current must come straight from the mains - and the electrode will be at mains voltage. I don't see how a device with a single live wire in can reduce the voltage or increase the current.

I like the mask, you cut the lens out a plastic bottle, colour depending on welding current, ranging from Coco-Cola down to Netto lemonade.

 

[rtbcomp]

And I bet it's got a CE sticker on it!

 

[Hitch]

I emailed them about half an hour ago to ask if it was CE marked

 

[gavuk]

I emailed them about half an hour ago to ask if it was CE marked

that made me laugh, hitch.....(did fil get his lathe?)

 

[Hitch]

Yes, picked it up last week Gav, a Boxford. (in Street)
Been used for model engineering... a matching pair of King George V locos about 2metres long, amongst other things.

 

[Hitch]

Okay, back to the welder... got a reply from them...

"Hi!
I'm not sure what CE markings are, if you send me your e-mail address I can forward a powerpoint presentation about the item. "

 

[rusty69bus]

powerpoint wow, could be worth a look

 

[SC_BK]

Actually this could be useful to me, we've got a terminating wooden electricity pole in our garden, I could just climb up that and hook this welder up

Not sure what the hydro board would think of it though

 

[rtbcomp]

They're selling it as the "Increweld" now - at an increased price!

 

[Wozzaaah]

I think it was Cornishnutter recently asking about underwater welding? Maybe the 'incre-power-welder' would be the ideal machine! Small enough to fit in a weight belt. .

 

[Drains]

The word is on UKW that SRG Welder is buying one to see if he can arc-air with it!

How does it work then? One wire in... earth is a ground spike. Shenion - can you explain?