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Title: Welding Set
Post by The_Trician on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:25pm

Dear Sirs,
I wish to run my newly-purchased one-megawatt welding set off a conventional British 13A plug.

Could you kindly assure me that thsi can be done safely?

Many thanks in anticipation.

'Bewidered'!

(OK - So I'm bored!)

TT

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by JerryD on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:30pm

what do the instructions say ?

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by plugwash on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:33pm

i can't see you getting away with 1 megawatt through a 13A plug

9KW showers yes you can get away with putting a plug on but i think even thats pushing it

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by sparkyjonny on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:58pm

wrote on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:25pm:

Could you kindly assure me that thsi can be done safely?

Yeah, course it can, you can wire anything to a fused plug! The fuse will let you know if its safe or not! lol!!

(waiting for BAS to reply!)

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by The_Trician on Nov 12^th, 2004, 6:17pm

Right, thanks,
I am having problems terminating the 185mm 2 core cable into the back of the plug. Is it ok to leave the cord grip out or will this constitute a potentially dangerous situation?

Is it acceptable to dig a hole in the floor immediately below the socket so that I can achieve the correct bending radius for the cable when plugging in?

Thanks Peeps

TT

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by Lectrician on Nov 12^th, 2004, 6:18pm

LOL - Welders are a joy ;D

It's like an audio enthuthiast asking if his 4000watt stereo can be plugged into a 13amp socket!

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by supersparky on Nov 12^th, 2004, 6:21pm

or like my day today when asked if a massive 3 phase piece of kit can be wired in 6mm
pulling 76 amps a phase.....

YES you can mate

theres only two of em 8)

ss

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by The_Trician on Nov 12^th, 2004, 6:23pm

Yeah! But the 1 Megawatt bit refers to the input Primary watts, not the Secondary welding watts!

TT

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by L.Spark on Nov 12^th, 2004, 9:05pm

185mm?

behave you devil! ;D

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by ban-all-sheds on Nov 13^th, 2004, 7:14pm

wrote on Nov 12^th, 2004, 5:58pm:

Yeah, course it can, you can wire anything to a fused plug! The fuse will let you know if its safe or not! lol!!

(waiting for BAS to reply!)

You remembered.....

wrote on Nov 12^th, 2004, 6:18pm:

LOL - Welders are a joy �;D

It's like an audio enthuthiast asking if his 4000watt stereo can be plugged into a 13amp socket!

I've got my 4+kW welder working off a 13A plug.

Once I'd removed the 13A fuse and soldered fusewire across the terminals it worked fine...

Title: Re: Welding Set
Post by The_Trician on Nov 14^th, 2004, 1:43am

Thar y'll all go then, no worries!

Get it plugged in then!

TT!