Danny made me do it!!

[Brand X]

I traded my SP-175 plus for a tapped Thermal-arc 181 the other day, and
was not happy with the 4 tap voltage. It's really high and worse if you have
high input voltage to start with. Anyway 3/16 steel was a mess that you
really could not adjust out. I really like how it welds on the lower taps and
prefer it over my last SP-175 plus by a mile. (My first SP-175 was nicer then
this last one)

Anyway this is a picture of what I did and a weld bead with the fix,
second one without. I did not change any settings between the two.

The one picture shows the coil of wire a bit better, but it was not the
final deal. Extra 25ft ground lead in the #1 pic.

[Sundown]

I traded my SP-175 plus for a tapped Thermal-arc 181 the other day, and
was not happy with the 4 tap voltage. It's really high and worse if you have
high input voltage to start with. Anyway 3/16 steel was a mess that you
really could not adjust out. I really like how it welds on the lower taps and
prefer it over my last SP-175 plus by a mile. (My first SP-175 was nicer then
this last one)

Anyway this is a picture of what I did and a weld bead with the fix,
second one without. I did not change any setting between the two.

The one picture shows the coil of wire a bit better, but it was not the
final deal. Extra 25ft ground lead in the #1 pic.

I can certinly see the improvement just in splatter alone, I think you might have been happier with a SP-175T as the extra tap on my SP-155T made all the difference on the top end.

[Brand X]

I can certinly see the improvement just in splatter alone, I think you might have been happier with a SP-175T as the extra tap on my SP-155T made all the difference on the top end.

No, because the rest of the taps it kicks the 175 T butt. It welds so much nicer then the Lincolns because of the extra inductance. 5 taps on this machine would of helped for sure.
I still prefer the SP-175 plus to all the T models I have used. I'm not keeping this one because
my friend wants it. I have other plans!!

[Sundown]

<snip>I have other plans!!

Hmmmmmmmm

[Dan]

What's the deal, you guys up north in the big city have to do everything the complicated way. You shouldn t need anything more then a short length of a 3/32 SS filler and that coil to get the output on that fourth tap to perform much better. If you're interested in giving this a try , I'll email you the set up instructions.

[Brand X]

Send them.
The only reason I triied it that way was was looking for a thin real
thin piece of ss could not find it. I thought about filler metal and
forgot about it as fast. I was more interested in a voltage drop
more then the inductance, but the coil helped anyway.

[Arbo]

If I had to jury rig a brand new welder to get it to perform correctly, I wouldn't be keeping it very long!

[Brand X]

If I had to jury rig a brand new welder to get it to perform correctly, I wouldn't be keeping it very long!

If it welds better then all the others out now on the first three taps, it
might be worth it. Like I say it kicks the crap out of the little Lincolns
or Miller units.

I modified the voltage control for the plowboy. I did not like
ss tig rod.

[dda52]

Scott, it can't be that good. It doesn't have any WFS to mess with you!!!!







Doh!!..............I went there.

[Sundown]

Scott, it can't be that good. It doesn't have any WFS to mess with you!!!!







Doh!!..............I went there.

Don,

I am guessing you mean WST .. or the (W)ire (S)peed (T)racking thingy, to be technical.

[Dan]

Scott, the non-redneck way to drop the slope some on that fourth tap, would be by connecting a resistor in parrallel with the output. I'm going to start playing this way some here in the near future. First though, I need to do the calculations to see what size of resistor I need.

[Brand X]

Scott, the non-redneck way to drop the slope some on that fourth tap, would be by connecting a resistor in parrallel with the output. I'm going to start playing this way some here in the near future. First though, I need to do the calculations to see what size of resistor I need.

I was wondering about something like that, because narrow window of the
SS strip/ rod etc.... The Thermal is pretty good now but it would not be my
first pic in machines when I get up in those ranges anyway.

Make two while you are there. Maybe use some dinse connectors to take in and
out of the circuit.

[Mike W]

Dan, I think you meant to say to put the resistor in series with the output.

[Dan]

Dan, I think you meant to say to put the resistor in series with the output.

Actually Mike I just screwed up, and put my foot in my mouth . I forgot the parrallel circuit would only effect the amperage. What makes me feel real stupid about this now is the fact that I knew this, which is why I was using the thinner SS in series on my MM 210 and running parrallel paths of the wire, so that they wouldn t melt down. The closer I get to 40 the more I keep forgetting things that i don't use that often . Thank goodness my wife doesn t read this stuff, or she'd be given me a hard time all evening.


A series circuit would require a pretty industrial resistor to get the job done.

[Mike W]

10-4 Dan, have a good evening.