AHP160ST power Draw
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:55 pm
So today i decited to once and for all figure out what my AHP160ST draws for power on 120V input.. i wanted to know this to know what kinda circut braker can handel its full power and to also know if the generator im looking at can handle its full power on 110V or more on 220V
this was all done from 120V house hold power not from a generator just to give me the best results as i know i can get away with short welds at 120A with out issue..
anyhow
75A output 15.9A input
85A output 17.7A input
90A output 19.07A input
95A output 20.5A input
100A output 21.7A input
105A output 22.9A input
110A output 24.09A input
115A output 25.2A input
120A output 30.08A max average being 27.5A input.. i think the 30.08 was due to serious long arcing on the cold steel the first run as it bounced around 26.8 to 27.5 in the rest of the videos i made of the amp meter.
anyhow bottom line is if a person had this thing on a 30A breaker they could get full 120V power with no issues at all.
and my choice of a 5500W generator with a 13HP engine to run this will run it and my MIG welder with out any issue's at evan at 30.08A @120V its only pulling 3609 watts.. going by the specs i should be able to get about 150A out of it with out going above its rated power on the generator much less the things surge power..
hope people find this usefull
i had not expected it to pull this low of numbers i had figured it would be higher.. how ever nice to see they charted out higher numbers to keep someone from blowing a breaker non stop..
this was all done from 120V house hold power not from a generator just to give me the best results as i know i can get away with short welds at 120A with out issue..
anyhow
75A output 15.9A input
85A output 17.7A input
90A output 19.07A input
95A output 20.5A input
100A output 21.7A input
105A output 22.9A input
110A output 24.09A input
115A output 25.2A input
120A output 30.08A max average being 27.5A input.. i think the 30.08 was due to serious long arcing on the cold steel the first run as it bounced around 26.8 to 27.5 in the rest of the videos i made of the amp meter.
anyhow bottom line is if a person had this thing on a 30A breaker they could get full 120V power with no issues at all.
and my choice of a 5500W generator with a 13HP engine to run this will run it and my MIG welder with out any issue's at evan at 30.08A @120V its only pulling 3609 watts.. going by the specs i should be able to get about 150A out of it with out going above its rated power on the generator much less the things surge power..
hope people find this usefull
i had not expected it to pull this low of numbers i had figured it would be higher.. how ever nice to see they charted out higher numbers to keep someone from blowing a breaker non stop..