blueshift
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| posted on 8/2/04 at 10:56 PM |
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Is the Clarke T150 TE Turbo any good?
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,
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DavidM
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| posted on 8/2/04 at 11:21 PM |
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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.
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Terrapin_racing
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| posted on 9/2/04 at 12:11 PM |
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Yes, it's a good bit of kit. Ideall for chassis work
Rob
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MikeR
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| posted on 9/2/04 at 12:34 PM |
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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.
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blueshift
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| posted on 9/2/04 at 12:37 PM |
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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.
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/2/04 at 01:38 PM |
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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.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 9/2/04 at 11:20 PM |
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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
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/2/04 at 07:28 PM |
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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.
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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James
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| posted on 10/2/04 at 09:00 PM |
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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
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 12/2/04 at 03:56 PM |
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Is the Clarke T150 TE Turbo any good?
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]
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