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Our channel for self-taught beginners in welding and locksmith. We write in simple language useful tips for working with an inverter and a grinder. If you have little or no experience with this tool, then our articles will become a real assistant.
The new welding inverter is sold complete with welding leads. These are the holder wire and the ground wire. Factory wires are usually 1.5-2 meters long.
Newbies probably don't know about this, or maybe not everyone knows. Factory welding leads can be replaced with longer ones. This is usually the case for more experienced welding users if you have to cook frequently. What for? Why?
My first welding machine was like this - the photo above. It was the Rusich transformer apparatus. Interesting shape-in the form of a canister with a handle! It is not an inverter, so it is relatively heavy.
He had fixed wires for the grip and ground. They were very short. I had to cook a lot, for myself, for friends and relatives.
To be honest, short wires on a welding machine are very inconvenient. Constantly this canister had to be moved from place to place. That is, the device is constantly tied to the welding place no further than this meter and a half.
Recently I was flipping through the Facebook feed, I like to see the welding groups of foreigners. There I came across such a funny photo, I could not resist and downloaded it. Check out this photo!
This dark-skinned welded machine works with factory wires. You see how comfortable it is for him!
This photo is 100 percent depicting the lack of factory wires. If the welding place is slightly higher than the length of the wires, then you will have to constantly outweigh the device or hang it on a belt on yourself.
So when I already bought a welding inverter, I immediately bought welding wires of normal length, suffered enough, that's enough.
These are my two inverters. Chinese workmaster and domestic torus. Both inverters are 200 amperes, but in the Chinese, of course, less, although it is written that 200.
I use both machines depending on the type of welding. The Chinese have a more stable arc at low currents, and the domestic apparatus has an excellent power reserve. I use them to weld thicker metals for good penetration.
I have long welding wires - both wires for the holder and the mass are 10 meters each. Cables for 16 squares are quite enough for a 200 ampere device, although 25 squares are better, but this is if you work at currents closer to the maximum.
Long cables allow you to work comfortably even on the ground, even at a height. You do not need to move the inverter itself from place to place many times during your work.
Plus replaced the grip and the weight clip. I did everything for myself, for normal comfortable work.
Is it worth lengthening store-bought welding leads at all? If you need to weld something occasionally and you do not plan to weld at a height, then it will not be advisable to change the factory cables.
But if you have to often and a lot of welding, then friends here are better off making the wires longer. Yes, it costs money, but for yourself, for comfortable work, it will be an irreplaceable purchase.
Friends. for the sake of interest, I made a survey form at the top. You can answer this question and at the moment of the answer you will see statistics of how other people answered. This is how we find out if many people are extending the factory welding wires.