Cheap Home Welder Options: Inverter MMA 250A vs Onex OX-3013 250A IGBT for Car Trailer & More

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Hello, I am looking for a cheaper welder for home use, it will be used twice a year. I have a car trailer to weld (hinge from the opened side), a metal spade and a few small things. Will such a welder give advice: Immediately I will add that I do not want to spend what money is known for what...

MACIEK_M · Answer

It's suspiciously cheap for an inverter. Buy something more branded, I have DEDRA, I recommend. For occasional welding for beginners I recommend buying an auto-darkening helmet, it helps a lot, you have two hands free.

Strumien swiadomosci swia · Answer

If you buy an inverter then you must store it in a temperature above 0'C so that you will not be surprised.

jerry1960 · Answer

I have a Manum Snake 200, it's in a garage where it's -5 degrees in winter and nothing happens. I also welded at + 35 and it's cool.

MACIEK_M · Answer

The stream of consciousness wrote: Can you develop this golden thought, some justification? I have looked through the manual and there is nothing there.

betonowy_puchacz · Answer

I see that the topic went towards storing the welding machine. I have a heated garage, so do not worry about the temperature. Returning to the subject will check the device from the first post, someone recommends something better at a similar price.

Michelson · Answer

Hello.
At this price you can buy another welder, but if it's better then nobody will tell you. Low-cost welders, different "companies" are mass, and the inside is usually the same. I think you can buy it for such a low price, you have a two-year warranty. As the warranty breaks down, it is rather utilization. Just pay attention to the power consumption from the mains, because for welding with the 2.5mm electrode, the welding machine already requires a 16-second C-16A slow-blow fuse, and the larger the current you set, the more it gets from the network.
The most important rules are: protect against moisture, do not grind near a working welding machine and blow out the inside of the welding machine from time to time.

Strumien swiadomosci swia · Answer

Buddy, do not panic, this welding machine needs B32 and nothing more.

MACIEK_M · Answer

I do not know how this welding machine, but I welded with DEDRA, electrode 3, from different sockets, at home, in the garage, B16 protection, never jumped out.

Strumien swiadomosci swia · Answer

On each one he writes how much he downloads from the network.

betonowy_puchacz · Answer

I also found such a model, also at a good price. At least branded:

bearq · Answer

The brand is far away but you can not buy anything normal for PLN 300. In these money, buy anything, all the same. For some current range or work cycle, do not look because it's a fairy tale, such a range and cycle is not even Kemppi for 2.5k what this target for 290 PLN.

tzok · Answer

If you do not know how to weld, it will be easier to MIG, there are those with self-sheath wire (expensive but to an amateur weld from time to time). By migomatem you can handle even thin sheets, the electrode (MMA) will be hard.

bodziot · Answer

I support with two left arms for welding, an electrode, although I did not manage to weld anything with a transformer welding machine, and the cheapest flesh with self-shield wire (you need to buy a good one), it looks somehow

^ToM^ · Answer

I will add from myself that the quality of the welder can be pre-evaluated by its mass. The heavier it is usually the better. It is worth to pay attention to it in any case. Greetings!

AdriWojcz · Answer

I have had a one-year-old from Patona, I bought it at a fairly attractive price (and only this made me buy) I am very pleased for the small work that is being done that works really well.
in truth it's not a professional but it's ok ... PATON VDI 250E DC is a small neat device

bigmaster · Answer

Digs up the topic,
What will you recommend in 2021?
I am amateur welding, i.e. a pipe from the fence every 4 months, a piece of the frame in an off-road vehicle.
Rather, the car's sheet metal is not touched, maybe the silencer is punctured

nikusert · Answer

Hello. I have had this welder for two years and it works great. Link

^ToM^ · Answer

I also have a different MAA-MIG model from this company. Link Main purchase motivation: inexpensive, MIG and MAA, universal power supply 230 V and 400 V.

barondary · Answer

For a flat in a block of flats, I can recommend the Italian STANLEY SIRIO 140 inverter welder. It does not even blast a 10A automatic fuse. Quite expensive, but I bought it on sale. I have copper cables and a protection in my apartment, maximum 16 A. For now, I connected to the 10A line and the 10A circuit breaker has not blown! I welded with 2mm coated electrodes, rutile with 30-70 A current. At 30 A current it was poor, because it was difficult to strike the arc, but at 70 A it was OK. When I try to do with higher current, I will let you know.
I would like to add that I am an amateur and I am just learning to weld. I was forced by the necessity, because sometimes you have to connect something permanently, and asking someone else costs money and will not always do the way I want.

m.tosiek · Answer

A few months ago I hunted such a razor in a local LIDL store: https://www.lidl.pl/p/parkside-spawarka-inwertorowa-120-a/p100325693
I made a few joints with it, it even works well, I can weld it better than with a large transformer one. She lights the bow better, I got it for PLN 199, for the price, I'm very happy. Tested with a max 2.5 mm electrode at 90 A setting, I do not know if it could handle a larger one, but it will probably pull 3 mm.

barondary · Answer

Enter what fuses you have, under which you connected the welder to the network and whether it blows these fuses.

tzok · Answer

Standard mains sockets are designed for a maximum of 16 A, so devices designed to be powered from the 1F network should not consume more current. 16 A is 3.7 kW, the arc voltage is about 20-25 V, which with a current of 150 A gives 3-3.7 kW and it is a max. for a 1F mains powered welder (welders that have more is a marketing gimmick). A correctly constructed inverter welder should not, with such parameters, cause the over-current protection to trip (temporary overload is not a problem). At a current of up to 80 A, a 10 A fuse should suffice.

m.tosiek · Answer

I have a 16A fuse in the garage, but I also welded it in other places where the type of protection was not known to me, there was no problem with securing the electrical network in any case (the fuses were not broken)

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