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Welder info

  • 12-12-2012 5:59pm
    #1
    SKIPPY150
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Het Im looking at buying a new welder and Im thinking of getting myself an inverter type. Now have seen one, its an AWELCO, its italyan. 180 amp for 259 euro. Just wondering has anyone any experience of these welders and are they any good Cheers


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  • #2
    thetiredfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭thetiredfarmer


    Hi Skippy I bought an Inverter welder 2 yrs ago (not that make)and I loved it.I used it for every kind of job and it handled it with ease,until one day about 8 months ago it would not switch on.I took it back and it was sent for repair only to be told the circuit card had burned out and was not worth fixing.I had paid €480 for the damn thing and really did not work it exceptionally hard.I miss it a lot but am very reluctant to replace it at that kind of money!Its very hard to know which are the good ones and which are the sh**te ones .


  • #3
    gerico
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭gerico


    the dc/inverter welders will give card trouble if they are used with a voltage drop which can happen depending on distance from supply board & cable sizing. It might not be the case that the welder unit was faulty. A small voltage drop is enough over time to cause trouble with the welder electronics.


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