Chaps who know welders.. is the Clarke T150 TE Turbo a decent MIG welder? A friend of mine wants to get himself a MIG, is sick of his stick welder. The application is "automotive sort of stuff" though not a locost.. yet..

If it's awful.. any reccomendations?

Ta,

I've had a Clarke TE135 Turbo for four years now. Built my chassis etc with it. Never had any problems at all and found it perfectly addequate.

If it's set up correctly it'll be fine.

Yes, it's a good bit of kit. Ideall for chassis work
Rob

I've always wondered about this, can you run a 150amp welder of the uk mains ? I thought 135 amp was about the max you could run before you started to melt wires, blow 13amp fuses etc.

Thanks chaps. I have a clarke 140E MkII (140 amps) that is fused and plugged for 13A sockets. I think it's only rated at 10A input, as well. Would have to check that though.

Cheers for the opinions, I'll pass them on.

if anything needs more than a plug can supply its a five minute job (for a professional) to wire it direct to the consumer board with a 25amp or more CB. my pal did it in no time at all for the plasma cutter.

Same as Blueshift, I have a Clarke 140E, its now 14 years old, done 30 years use (8 years full mot work), still welds as good as the day I bought it - never blown one fuze

I use an erfi 170 off the mains through a 40 amp fused connection and it doesn't cause any problems. When I ran it off the house mains it used to make the lights flicker a bit though...

yours, Pete.

Does that with my SIP 150 Turbo aswell.

Messes up computer monitor and appears to (possibly) be responsible for wiping the digital memory on the answer phone!

James

Im told the W reg and later ones are best as long as you fill them with high octain fuel and change the cam belt at 40,000 miles


atb

steve

[Edited on 12/2/04 by stephen_gusterson]