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Author: Subject: Weld amperage confusion
cassidym

posted on 14/11/04 at 11:26 AM Reply With Quote
Weld amperage confusion

I'm confused - My Miller Migmatic 171 150 Amp weldor's amp control knob has 6 settings, I assume 25 Amp per setting.

When tacking 1.6mm square tubing, I'm following Mark's suggestion - turning machine to full blast. That works fine.

When fully welding I found that at setting 5 (125 Amp?) I need to move very fast and am more comfortable at setting 4 (100 Amp?). At setting 3 (75 Amp?) I've got doubts whether I get the penetration/fusion that I want.

With my TIG, I set it to 50 Amps and do a solid weld, sometime I even go down to 40.

What can explain this difference. Oh yeah, I'm using CO2 with the MIG so that's even hotter.

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Mark Allanson

posted on 14/11/04 at 11:31 AM Reply With Quote
Its all to do with the amount of material you are melting per second. A 1" pass with a mig takes about 2 seconds, but with the tig you could be there for 10 secs, so less amps required





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cassidym

posted on 14/11/04 at 03:58 PM Reply With Quote
That sounds perfectly reasonable.

Thanx Mark

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