Hobby Welder

Board Walker

Guys, i bought a handy Einhell welder from Lidil a few years back. Only used it last week but got rods last week..... Grand out not getting stuck and heating the rods but the welder over heats after about an inch or so and takes easily 30 minutes to cool. I'm getting good contact and the rod is not getting stuck. It's not tripping the sockets or anything like that.

I was told an inverter welder would be better. Would this be any good? I dont mind at all if i could weld 2-3 inches and let ti cool for 10 minutes or so but this 30 minutes every inch is driving me mad.

https://jebbtools.ie/collections/inverter-arc-welders/products/sip-t800-80amp-arc-tig-inverter-welder

I'm welding 2-3mm bits making just hobby stuff at home. gates, work bench etc.

I can weld tho i'd be no artist. I'm a spark by trade.

this is very similar to the one i have.
https://www.sotel.de/en/Audio-Mp3-Car-HiFi/portable-Audio-analog/Radios/Einhell-TC-EW-150.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI96OEsaTk6gIVj-3tCh3YgQPlEAQYAiABEgLehPD_BwE&cur=0

cheers!

CJhaughey

What size rods/amps are you using? 3.2mm are hard to push on a Buzzbox and lead to overheating as you have found.
Try a thinner rod and make more passes at a lower amperage.

You need to look at the duty cycle as that will tell you how hard you can work it before it need to cool off.

Board Walker

CJhaughey wrote: »

What size rods/amps are you using? 3.2mm are hard to push on a Buzzbox and lead to overheating as you have found.
Try a thinner rod and make more passes at a lower amperage.

2.5mm

Board Walker

BrownFinger wrote: »

You need to look at the duty cycle as that will tell you how hard you can work it before it need to cool off.

Duty Cycle: 60amp @ 100%

Thats what it says, it hardly means you can run all the time at 60 amps?

Board Walker

Board Walker wrote: »

Duty Cycle: 60amp @ 100%

Thats what it says, it hardly means you can run all the time at 60 amps?

Im no pro (the opposite in fact!) at all but yea it would be able to weld a bead @ 60amp for 10minutes if the figures are to be believed .

60A @ 50% means 5mins weld /5mins cooldown
60 @ 80% means 8mins weld / 2mins cooldown

CJhaughey

What amps are you running the 2.5's at? around 80amps would be normal.
If you are running more than that it could be why its getting hot.
Have you got a fan that you can run through the welder?
That helps a lot with cooling it down.

SuperTortoise

Board Walker wrote: »

Duty Cycle: 60amp @ 100%

Thats what it says, it hardly means you can run all the time at 60 amps?

that's exactly it, it means you can weld non-stop at 60 amps,

Board Walker

Cheers for the info guys!

Board Walker

Hi All, the Sip inverter welder is fantastic! i haven't had a single trip with it.