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Wobulate
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98 Snake Eater,

Welcome to the Lincoln clan. Great purchase price, you saved $1K+.
Since you have a water cooled torch are you going to purchase a Lincoln Cool Arc 40?

Wob
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Lincoln,Precision TIG225
Miller,Millermatic 251
Miller,Spoolmatic 30A
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WOW! Thats a smokin deal bro!! Congrats, hope I can find something like that on craigslist lol. All we got on the CL around here are scammers.
Signature? Who needs a F***ing signature?
98 SNAKE EATER
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Wobulate wrote:98 Snake Eater,

Welcome to the Lincoln clan. Great purchase price, you saved $1K+.
Since you have a water cooled torch are you going to purchase a Lincoln Cool Arc 40?

Wob

Thanks, I've actually been a part of the Lincoln clan for as long as I can remember, but this is our first Lincoln Tig 8-)

So far, so good, however, we have to upgrade our 30amp breaker :oops:

We never had any problems running our Power Mig 255 at full power, but this one zaps the breaker after a few passes :|

As for the water cooler, only time will tell if I really need it....
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98 Snake Eater,

Your online name wouldn't be referring to accelerating past a Dodge Viper would it?
So far, so good, however, we have to upgrade our 30amp breaker
I had to run 180 feet of #4 to my shop.
Then a short run of #8 stranded to the receptacle.
The breaker is a slow-blow 50 AMP, I have not tripped it yet.
This receptacle provides power for a Miller Thunderbolt AC, Millermatic 251, and Lincoln PT 225.

Wob
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Lincoln,Precision TIG225
Miller,Millermatic 251
Miller,Spoolmatic 30A
Miller,Millermatic 130XP
Miller,Spectrum 625
Miller,Thunderbolt 225AC
KMG,Belt Grinder/2x72
Ingersoll Rand,Compressor/5HP
MSC/Vectrax,Band Saw Horizontal-Vertical/7x12
98 SNAKE EATER
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Wobulate wrote:98 Snake Eater,

Your online name wouldn't be referring to accelerating past a Dodge Viper would it?
It's exactly that....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCCmPcMlZSU

First time I took my T/A to the track, i beat a pair of RT/10's and a modded Cobra.

The announcer said I was the "Snake Eater" over the P.A. and I've been stuck with the name ever since.




I had to run 180 feet of #4 to my shop.
Then a short run of #8 stranded to the receptacle.
The breaker is a slow-blow 50 AMP, I have not tripped it yet.
This receptacle provides power for a Miller Thunderbolt AC, Millermatic 251, and Lincoln PT 225.

Wob

Have you run the 225 at full tilt yet?
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98 SNAKE EATER,

Now...Now..., play nice with the snakes. :P
Have you run the 225 at full tilt yet?
My one and only torch is a PTA-17 (150A @ 60%), that came with the TIG Ready-Pack. I did run the current up to 200A for 10 to 20 seconds during a practice session, but that is about as far as I wanted to go. Using the 17 at >25% of it's allowed maximum will make the stranded wire brittle and will ultimately fail.

There are two ways to go:
1. Purchase a PTA-26 air cooled torch (200A @ 60%); still does not cover the complete range.
2. Purchase a PTW-20 water cooled torch (250A @ 100%), must purchase the Cool Arc 40 ($850) water cooler.
***So, which way do you think I should go? :?:
Wob
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Lincoln,Precision TIG225
Miller,Millermatic 251
Miller,Spoolmatic 30A
Miller,Millermatic 130XP
Miller,Spectrum 625
Miller,Thunderbolt 225AC
KMG,Belt Grinder/2x72
Ingersoll Rand,Compressor/5HP
MSC/Vectrax,Band Saw Horizontal-Vertical/7x12
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