coozer
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| posted on 29/9/09 at 09:18 PM |
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Thanks for all the advice chaps, looked round all the sites and went for
THIS! one because of the level 3 and
adjustable settings for the different types.
Will be mainly used for mig once I get one as being NCB trained on a MMA set and having a 140 amp SIP machine for the last 32 years I didn't
realise a mig was much better until I've just borrowed one!
Face still stinging, eyes not too bad, had worse at the pit!
Steve
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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twybrow
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| posted on 29/9/09 at 09:28 PM |
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That is the one I have - good job Coozer!
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Davey D
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| posted on 29/9/09 at 09:41 PM |
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Ive got one of these, and it works great. Not a bad price either:
http://www.engweld.co.uk/Special/Offers/i1070/ENGWELD_Aegis_ADF_Welding_Helmet.html
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coozer
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| posted on 29/9/09 at 09:46 PM |
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Champion, anything is better than a gloved hand
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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907
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| posted on 30/9/09 at 06:40 AM |
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Sorry to hijack the thread but this may be relevant.
I've had two auto helmets. An Optrel (Swiss made) and an ESAB 913.
Both have died, I suspect from being left in the dark.
My workshop has no windows and I seldom weld for any length of time, then it's TIG on low settings.
Does anyone use and can recommend a helmet with replaceable batteries?
I'd rather buy batteries than a complete new helmet every year. 
Cheers
Paul G
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Peteff
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| posted on 30/9/09 at 09:05 AM |
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Take your helmet into the house and leave it in a window Paul. If I had an Optrel it would live in the house anyway
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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907
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| posted on 30/9/09 at 09:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Take your helmet into the house and leave it in a window Paul. If I had an Optrel it would live in the house anyway
Mmmm... That'll please the wife.
Anyway, why would I want to take a dead helmet indoors?
I'm trying to figure out what colour wheelie bin it goes in.
Cheers
Paul G
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40inches
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 11:32 AM |
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I think Peteff means to try to kick start the battery charge by leaving the solar panel facing daylight as long as possible
You don't have anything to lose by dismantling the battery compartment and doing a Google for the batteries
I'm assuming that there are backup batteries in the solar panel? if not,forget what I just posted, I know nothing
[Edited on 2-10-09 by 40inches]
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907
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 04:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 40inches
I think Peteff means to try to kick start the battery charge by leaving the solar panel facing daylight as long as possible
You don't have anything to lose by dismantling the battery compartment and doing a Google for the batteries
I'm assuming that there are backup batteries in the solar panel? if not,forget what I just posted, I know nothing
[Edited on 2-10-09 by 40inches]
Sorry. That was my silly sense of humour in action.
On a more serious note, I'm cooking it under a 500w lamp at the moment.
It works OK but after a night in the dark the battery will be dead again I fear.
It's made so well it's difficult to see how it was put together, glue join etc, but before I bin it
I will take your advice and cut it open. Like you say, nothing to lose.
Cheers
Paul G
Edit to add:-
After all my efforts it was dead as a dodo this morning.
[Edited on 3/10/09 by 907]
 
Rescued attachment helmet-s.jpg
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