can anyone identify my single ph,murex mig welder

[Monkey Harris]

Disconnected it while testing and tidying..
Will mount it in a box if I keep the welder, or fit another to the front..

 

[Monkey Harris]

im now looking at a 130s murex welder..

would it be better than this one for light work ?
as i believe it might have a better low amp current for thin body work ..

 

[Monkey Harris]

im now looking at a 130s murex welder..

would it be better than this one for light work ?
as i believe it might have a better low amp current for thin body work ..

Anyone used a murex 130s...?
Maybe with 0.6mm

 

[Monkey Harris]

I have been having a bit of a play with my welder ,


I have welded my American car before , but that is quite thick steel and not really so rusty..


I got a pair of vw camper heat exchangers that had a couple of holes in and welded a couple of patches onto them,

The steel on the h/x is quite thin with a fair bit of rust and pitting,


I started with this likkle hole, decided to make a path onto the fixing strap





tacked it in place ,,




some bits had to be welded with lots of blobs …

 

[Monkey Harris]

then when there was new metal there I could run better beads on top ..





then started on this other bigger hole





I dished the surrounding area ..gently


Then shaped a piece and tacked it in





I fould a couple of thin areas so tacked small plates on to them




I have almost finished the gringing and cleaning up, and the repairs look good,

I have spent around an hr on this and have learnt a lot about my welder settings and welding rusty thin metal

 

[Monkey Harris]

i have done quite a bit more to these completing the welds and some grinding i will post some pics of the finished articles..

 

[Mark Robinson]

Not sure if you found out what welder you have or if you bought another already, But I'm buying a Tradesmig 160 and have been doing research on it and this comes in pretty handy. http://www.murexwelding.co.uk/manuals/other/Instruction Manuals/Tradesmig 130-160-230-240.pdf
If you read through that, It might help. Sorry about bumping an old thread

 

[Monkey Harris]

Well it's been a while and the murex has been good..
But the contractor coil is farked...
It's a little 240 one ant ideas on availability...

 

[mike 109444]

Might be worth thinking about replacing the whole contactor as the one in there has been used quite a lot over the years and finding the correct coil to fit what you have may not be so easy.

 

[Monkey Harris]

Might be worth thinking about replacing the whole contactor as the one in there has been used quite a lot over the years and finding the correct coil to fit what you have may not be so easy.

Yea the contacts look a bit pitted

But as it has 4 N/O and 3 N/C contacts..
and numerous wires it looks like it may need two contactors...

 

[mike 109444]

Maybe look at 3 phase contactors they may have enough contacts (and may be cheaper !)

 

[Monkey Harris]

Maybe look at 3 phase contactors they may have enough contacts (and may be cheaper !)

I suspect this is a 3 phase contactor
with 4 n/o poles + 3 n/c
I'm a sparky type ,
but the way this has been done is far from straight forward..

I wonder if I could get the coil rewound it's only 2" square..

 

[Monkey Harris]

I will try to add some pics...

 

[arther dailey]

i bought this welder and it worked, and is still working [sometimes badly]

but it has took out 3x 13amp fuses [when on a middle setting]

and has tripped an rcd twice,
it also blew a few, 1amp fuses on the small transformer,

the seller said it was a murex 200...but i cant find a 200amp model, and it looks physically big,
i think its from the mid 80's...?
single phase ,
it does not have a identification plate on it
it has 2 cooling fans
and a 13amp socket fitted at the rear, [looks original]



i dont know if this rotart power switch is original



inside ...







non original numbering.




wire and feed motor



many thanx in advance guys

Looks like a Eland 200 to me under the covers , they made several sizes and were sold under several brand names , like britweld