Tig Water Cooler Project

[monkeh]

I ment down the side not across sorry, like below, its an old pic from yesterday that ive edited, the layouts about the same but with the motor more in the fans path and the pump head is also being cooled by the fan.

 

[Richard.]

Position your second fan like so.
I found this to be very effective of getting that heat out the motor case and out the vents.

 

[monkeh]

Had the cooler running all day today with no problems at all, I was only welding up to 145 Amps but i did run a big pad of beads and it coped fine. Its open air atm so i may have to add another fan when i do the case.

 

[Richard.]

Had the cooler running all day today with no problems at all, I was only welding up to 145 Amps but i did run a big pad of beads and it coped fine. Its open air atm so i may have to add another fan when i do the case.

Unless you must box it up ie the welder needs to sit on it and free up some space I would suggest you make it into a tidy open Chassis job. It's gonna be more efficient all round if you do.
Nice job on getting it performing. How's the speedway feeling.

 

[monkeh]

I'd like to get it under the welder out the way eventually. Im not to comfortable with the speedway yet. With the speedbump handle and the snap on switch its quite a bulky odd shape to get used to, ive only just started welding again though, not done any over winter so im sure that hasnt helped. The torch feels a lot nicer without the switch on so i may just leave it off and just use the pedal.
Now its getting warmer i'll be doing a lot more practice in the garage.

 

[Richard.]

I'd like to get it under the welder out the way eventually. Im not to comfortable with the speedway yet. With the speedbump handle and the snap on switch its quite a bulky odd shape to get used to, ive only just started welding again though, not done any over winter so im sure that hasnt helped. The torch feels a lot nicer without the switch on so i may just leave it off and just use the pedal.
Now its getting warmer i'll be doing a lot more practice in the garage.

I had exactly the same issue. Amazing feeling torch without the switch but with it it was a handful. I turned the speedbump down in the lathe and it made such a difference to when I was using it switched. I use a switch a lot more than a pedal so it was an essential move for me to go back to a round handle.

 

[Dave Adams]

It seems everyone is over thinking things,
I used to do loads of industrial ally AC TIG work when I was younger, we used to run the feed pipe right from the mains tap through the torch with the exit pipe plumbed into a drain, we were using big 400amp Murex TIG torches that would be like a donkeys dick to hold - maybe this approach could be used rather than some other heath robinson job?

 

[Richard.]

It seems everyone is over thinking things,
I used to do loads of industrial ally AC TIG work when I was younger, we used to run the feed pipe right from the mains tap through the torch with the exit pipe plumbed into a drain, we were using big 400amp Murex TIG torches that would be like a donkeys dick to hold - maybe this approach could be used rather than some other heath robinson job?

No body is overthinking anything.
1) recirculating from a closed system is far better than pouring good clean water down the drain unnecessarily. That's just a bloody waste especially when there are kids through out the world drinking from puddles.
2) its a well known fact tap water corrodes copper and will over time reck your torch.
3) tap water has conductive properties that can cause corrosion and HF leaking
4) portability

Building a proper cooler is not over thinking things it's been smart.

 

[Dave Adams]

No body is overthinking anything.
1) recirculating from a closed system is far better than pouring good clean water down the drain unnecessarily. That's just a bloody waste especially when there are kids through out the world drinking from puddles.
2) its a well known fact tap water corrodes copper and will over time reck your torch.
3) tap water has conductive properties that can cause corrosion and HF leaking
4) portability

Building a proper cooler is not over thinking things it's been smart.

Calm down, nobody's died jeezus,
I'm only stating what we used to do in an industrial fabrication shop specialising in ally,
Most people rarely run high Amps in a domestic environment hence for intermittent use this would suffice rather than building something that looks ****

It's replies like this that puts people off contributing to threads

 

[Richard.]

Calm down, nobody's died jeezus,
I'm only stating what we used to do in an industrial fabrication shop specialising in ally,
Most people rarely run high Amps in a domestic environment hence for intermittent use this would suffice rather than building something that looks ****

It's replies like this that puts people off contributing to threads

It's replies like this that put people off the idea of building there own projects to put into there own service.
Running a total loss system down the drain is just wasteful when a little thought, time and pride can have a nice job built that will last many years. I've built plenty of them.
I do have to ask... who is building something that looks **** as you put it.
Running a hose pipe to and from your tig torch looks ****.
The op's enclosed system looks very smart don't you agree??

 

[WorkshopChris]

Personally i wouldn't want to be putting untreated mains water through a quality tig torch, overtime the small internal waterways may well block up with deposits.

 

[monkeh]

A total loss system is just bad all round if you ask me, plus we're on a water meter here so not an option at all.
It'll look a lot nicer when i get round to boxing it up. It works brilliantly, takes up very little space and if you're patient and watch ebay etc you can build one for under £100.

 

[Richard.]

A total loss system is just bad all round if you ask me, plus we're on a water meter here so not an option at all.
It'll look a lot nicer when i get round to boxing it up. It works brilliantly, takes up very little space and if you're patient and watch ebay etc you can build one for under £100.

Any updates on this project mate.
Did you get it finished and how you wanted.