Foot Pedal

[BillFarworth]

Robotstar5 I just want to purchase a Switch which I could add in the Foot Pedal .
My welder remote socket is a 7 pin one .

 

[Robotstar5]

Robotstar5 I just want to purchase a Switch which I could add in the Foot Pedal .
My welder remote socket is a 7 pin one .

Could you post a link to the type of switch you're looking for?

 

[pedrobedro]

Robotstar5 I just want to purchase a Switch which I could add in the Foot Pedal .
My welder remote socket is a 7 pin one .

Your socket will not have wires connected to all 7 pins, it will have two for the on/off switch which you can connect to an ordinary micro or limit switch to disconnect when you take your foot off the pedal and three which will connect to your rotary or slide potentiometer which you need to know a rating for or you can damage your welder. to show the wires.

 

[hotrodder]

Bill, the plug you need obviously has to match the socket on the machine if you want to be able to plug it in. Maybe i'm missing the point but i would have thought the easiest way to get something suitable would be to phone up an Inverter Fusion dealer and ask them for a replacement foot pedal plug. Too easy? If you want to avoid paying anymore than absolutely necessary then you need to identify the specs of the sockets and/or trawl through a site/catalogue to match it up

I'll take a pic of what the inside of an SSP pedal looks like tomorrow but it'll be less useful than the link i posted to a manual for your machine which contains wiring diagrams, pinouts and pot values. Might even have a part # for the plug in question...

 

[BillFarworth]

Hi Guys!

I found a cable in good price, with this specs:


7 Core Flexible Cable 0.75mm Sq Flexible YY Cable.

230v 6amp Rated Cable.

Not know if the Amp that it states is what we need or if they play any matter at all?

 

[BillFarworth]

Please guys any info about the cable and the Amps!
Do I require higher amperage cable?

 

[citizen kane]

Ohms law, you do know ohms law dont you.

Lets see, I=V/R

No idea of the voltage or the resistance but I can guess at orders of magnitude.

V is 10's R is 1000's

If 10's/1000's is more than 6 then you need a bigger cable

 

[Luke]

6 Amps should be more than plenty, if you're dealing with an on/off signal, and an analogue voltage.

I'd expect the analogue voltage to be drawing mA. The on/off if its present could at most be 500mA to 1000mA if it's pulling a contactor in for example.

 

[BillFarworth]

Not know enough Luke!
I assume as there is not any other reply you are right.
What the 0,75 mm mean?
I check the cable that my Tig Torch has and it is 4mm in thickness!

 

[Robotstar5]

Not know enough Luke!
I assume as there is not any other reply you are right.
What the 0,75 mm mean?I check the cable that my Tig Torch has and it is 4mm in thickness!

That is the cross sectional area (CSA) of the current carrying conductors,

info on CSA and how it's made up - here

info on current carrying capacity of various sizes - here

 

[Luke]

As above on CSA.

It's not the thickness, it's the area of the copper - As a way to explain, if you were to slice through the cable and push the copper strands in to a square (because the maths is easier than a circle), it would measure 0.866 mm x 0.866 mm or 0.75mm^2 (square millimeters).

 

[BillFarworth]

Guy i found this footpedal in a good offer is it going to work for my project?

http://www.bespeco.it/catalogo/deta...edals&sub=0&det=2923&dettaglio=VM12&lingua=en

Thanks

 

[BillFarworth]

Boys when you can let me know as I am going to lose the seller .
Thanks

 

[BillFarworth]

Boys please confirm if this footpedal works for my project?Seller push me to purchase!
Many thanks

 

[Luke]

No, it's no good as it is.

Mechanically, it'd do as a start, but electrically, it's not what you need.

 

[BillFarworth]

Well I found it for £5.00.What is need it electrically to work?To count the expenses!
I have the 7 pin switch from my old Tig Torch!

 

[BillFarworth]

Which model from this line (Bespeco) will work?

 

[BillFarworth]

Guys any feedback please?

 

[BillFarworth]

Well Luke seems to be on holiday!Hope he has a nice weekend.
Any guys could answer instead of him .Guys buyer push me hard!

 

[Wedg1e]

Guy i found this footpedal in a good offer is it going to work for my project?

http://www.bespeco.it/catalogo/deta...edals&sub=0&det=2923&dettaglio=VM12&lingua=en

Thanks

Bill, I've only just seen this but I'm 99% certain that's the same pedal I used as a start for my TIG set.