Soccerking3000

okay well i am buying a welder but unfortunetly i dont have a 220v line where i work and to have one installed would cost quite a bit of money. Is there any way i could get like a 10 ft extension cable and run it through a hole in the wall to my work area (work area is next to washer and dryer that run off 220) ? or would this cause major heat issues in the wire, i dont need to burn the house down lol

i know this might sound really stupid lol, but if i could do this i would make the cable myself with some pretty large gauge wire and good connectors et cetera

2old_honda

depends on what welder you are going with. if its an old 300 amp tig unit then you will be drawing way more amps than a standard dryer line can handle (probably only 10awg from the outlet to the box)
now if you are getting a small inverter unit then what you have planned would work just fine.

Niles

Soccerking: I have the same basic situation as you. My precision tig is on the other side of the wall from my dryer...and fuse box. What I did was go to home depot, pick up a 50 amp breaker, and the wiring recomended in my machines book, wire the plug, run it through the wall and up to the breaker box, and then I had an electritian come and connect the breaker and quickly check the wiring before HE made the final connection. Because I ran the wire and mounted/wired the plug he only charged for 20 minutes of labor, it was pretty cheap insurance.

Home depot/lowes/sears hardware/wherever will have the wire, plug (if it didn't come with your machine), and your manual should tell you what your wire and breaker requirements are. it'll probably cost the same or less than an extension cord, and probably be safer.

Good luck!

Soccerking3000

ok thanks guys