EU2000i & Backwoods Welding

pkunk wrote:

MrWizard wrote:
I can't stick weld, but I'm pretty fair with a wire welder

I can't weld at all anymore. They tell me it will short out my Pacemaker! :M

They told my FIL the same thing.

smkettner wrote:
I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.

Well, that is plan B but with 1/8 or 3/32 6011 rods. I guess I will give that a try. I learned to weld with an a/c stick welder. I hear using 2 or 3 car batteries works.........kinda.

Another otion is a Ready Welder, but that's $600 for something that takes up a lot of room in the vehicle and I would very seldom use.

http://www.amazon.com/Ready-Welder-Welders-running-machines/dp/B004N4XMBS/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hi_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0W1JD1B24KKBC72YXZNH

MrWizard wrote:
I can't stick weld, but I'm pretty fair with a wire welder

I can't weld at all anymore. They tell me it will short out my Pacemaker! :M

I can't stick weld, but I'm pretty fair with a wire welder

2oldman wrote:

smkettner wrote:
I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.

Does that actually work??

I always take welding rods with me.
clicky 2
ckicky 1

BradW wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Do welders have wattage?

The smallest stick machine at Harbor Freight (I think its rated at 70 amps output) gives the input as:

115V
20A

I have one of those and to put it mildly, it sucks on 120 volts. I may rewire for 220 and see what it does.
Three 12 volt batteries hooked in series for 36 volts and a set of jumper cables will work in a pinch. When on a long trip I carry some small rods and my self darkening helmet. Also battery cables to hook the batteries together. I've never had to use it in an emergency but I tried it at home with success.
I would never hook a welder to my eu2000i.

smkettner wrote:
I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.

My thinking after seeing that battery welder....Take the stick/rod end and connect to the positive lead of your house batteries! LOL :B

smkettner wrote:
I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.

Batteries? Jumper cables? Twenty or ninety wraps of fence wire otter do it.

smkettner wrote:
I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.

Does that actually work??

I thought backwoods welder was two car batteries in series, jumper cables, and some wire coat hangers.