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iTrader: (1)

i just got a miller syncrowave 180SD, i need to know how many amps is required at the circut breaker box and where can i source the conenctors and right breakers for my uncle to wire up our shop. We brought the book to home depot and no one where has heard of a 60 AMP fuse/amp etcc so we need some help figuring out what we need. please respond, thanks

twkdCD595

check this out it may help... he mentions the electrical work they had to do to their shop to get running. he is not running it to full capacity though.

hope it helps.

http://home.pacbell.net/jdismuk/miller_tig.html

edit another page I found of some use...

http://www.millerwelds.com/pdf...4.pdf

curious how much you got yours for?


Modified by twkdCD595 at 1:03 AM 11/3/2003

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iTrader: (1)

i got mien for 1555$ at a local welding shop. 150 for the bottle and free 1st fill. but hten there was tax. i could've goten cheaper online but i just wanted to try it out and he helped me out a lot so i gave him the sale.


damn i guess the guys at home depot dont know what the **** they;'re tlakin bout hten sayin they got nothin higher htan 30 amps or whichever .. mann ****

EFb18b

A 60 amp breaker isn't enough. I know its higher than your rated need output but you need something that is about 80% of the rated output. You could probably get away with a 65amp breaker as long as your receptacle has a second ground. People at homo depot really don't have a ******* clue when it comes to stuff like this and you should actually go to a place that specializes in electrical code. Take a look in the yellow pages and call up some local contractors to find out some good places to buy electrical supplies. If you're lucky they might even tell you what you need. Around here we have Dominion Electric and Branch electric and a couple of smaller guys.

hehe yet another reason why I am so glad I bought the prowave 185. A 40amp breaker, a little bit of 10/3 wire and a receptecle and I was done

Overblown-Teg

I'm only running a 50 amp breaker for mine. It works great.. I rarely.. Infact I don't think I have ever had it about 110 amps output.

boosted hybrid

I set mine up with a 40 amp breaker. If you are going to weld mostly stainless, steel and less than 1/8" aluminum you shouldnt have any issues with going over 40 amps.