Ok so Ive decided to upgrade my torch from air cooled to water cooled, but I can seem to find the correct parts that I need to make it work. I went to my local welding store, but they aren't sure what exactly is what I need to make it all work. I first purchased a miller cool mate 4 cooler and a weld craft water cooled torch and a single din adaptor. After trying to hook it just doesn't seem to be right. Has anyone here converted their syncrowave 200? and if so what part numbers did you use?
The parts that's I was sold
Weld craft 20-25
Weld craft q5w adapter

Any help would be helpful.

 

Miller makes an adapter you need that takes the gas line out of the torch connector on the machine and has the water inlet on it too...Go to your LWS and they should be able to look up the part number.

 

i think you are missing an adapter (miller part #195 380).. but talk to Jim from http://www.arc-zone.com he will get you set-up correctly.

 

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Yea I tried, but they don't seem to have an assuring answer. My understanding is that the torch has three lines one goes to the welder for the gas and the other two lines are in and out for the water. My local welding store told me to bypass the welder and go directly to the regulator, my problem with that is that the gas will always be on, how would I regulate it, I suppose I can get a torch with a gas regulator, but that would limit my welding space.

Anymore suggestions?

 

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Thanx Im gonna call him tomorrow, hopefully he can set in in the right direction.

 

Big Moose did a cheap diy conversion years back. I think it's in the archives here. He posted it on TOO's site, back when I was a member there.

 

CKworldWide Safe Loc Connector is what I used.
http://www.ckworldwide.com/safe_loc.htm

With or without fused. They range from $130-$150. Last time I remembered.
But its a very nice feature, and very nice unit, simple install.