Harber freight float chargers and plastic welder

Anonymous-0 · Jan 25, 2009

Hey folks,
anyone have one? If so, could you look at it and see if it is only 110 volts, or if it has a range (110-230)? if it's only 110 volt, does it say how many watts it pulls?
Same question for the plastic welders.

Thanks, Dave

Anonymous-0 · Jan 25, 2009

I bought one of thier plastic welders a year or two ago, I couldn't get it to work at all, may have been the old plastic I was trying to weld. Havent used it since. If your in central IL by chance, you're more than welcome to use mine.

Dick L · Jan 25, 2009

Was the plastic rod the same type of plastic you were trying to weld? It needs to be.

Mike M · Jan 25, 2009

item # 42292 says input-120v 60hz 14w
output-15v ac 600ma this is on the wall plug

enclosed paper says output 13.5 vdc ?

12 volts dc 5 to 125 amp hours

I'll hook it up to something for a few days then unhook it as I don't trust it.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 25, 2009

Thanks. I've got a 75 watt transformer I can use. Same thing here for 230 volt costs around 80 bucks.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Jan 26, 2009

They are called wall warts in the trade and Ive seen a few melted ones.Dont risk your equipment on these China items.A good battery will hold a charge for several months,just use an 89 cent hydrometer to check state charge state monthly.Do not buy sealed batteries.One fellow just lost 2 tractors and a pickup to a fire started by a BATTERY MAINTAINER.

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Jan 26, 2009

I've heard of battery chargers starting fires too. I always unplug everything in the shop when I'm done. I figure if a mouse chews a wire and/or there is a short, I'd like to be there to pull the plug before a fire starts.
36coupe is right in my book. Just check the battery and charge it if needed.

Mike M · Jan 26, 2009

Well on these new cars if you don't run them all the time they go dead fast. Too many things running without the key on. Plus the batteries are all sealed up. I put the maintainer on for a few days at least once a week to try to keep it charged up. I could unhook it but then everything needs reset. Some cars you even loose your idle controls.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 27, 2009

If you dont trust it why use it.I have seen flames coming out of the top of battery chargers.My 96 pickup sits unused 1 -2 weeks in winter.No problems.Replaced the battery a year ago.The battery was 8 and a half years old, never had any starting problems.Never used a battery maintainer.Temp has been in the single numbers all this month with many below zero nights .10 below now.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 27, 2009

Heres the problem with battery chargers.Lightning strikes on the power line happen every month of the year.Silicon diodes are very sensitive to voltage surges.When they short circuit the trans former is overloaded and can heat to the point where flames start.The circuit breaker in the charger does not protect againts this.The 15 to 20 amp fuse or circuit breaker in your service wont open until the transformer is well burned.Lightning can jump across switches.One fellow left his welder plugged in and the lightning shorted both diodes, cost him 100 bucks to fix.I keep all power tools unplugged.The 5 hp motor on my planer would cost 350.00 to replace.Submersible pump motors are often trashed by lightning strikes on power lines.

Mike M · Jan 27, 2009

1996 pick-up is hardly modern. and 1-2 weeks is not long either.

Dads 1981 F350 can sit all winter with no problems. It stays out of the salt.
I left my 2008 model car sit a month last winter. I'm trying to keep it from rusting away in a few years as they are now spraying calcuim cloride on the roads ! And the battery was ran down enough it wouldn't start. Too many computers drawing power when shut off.

Nolan · Jan 27, 2009

I've got their plastic welder. Never been successfull with it. The air is too hot and too hard blowing, no matter what I did.

Seems to work much better as a plastic scorcher than as a plastic welder.

I didn't put all that much effort or time into learning. I'll probably try some more another time, but I was quite solidly disapointed with the results.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 27, 2009

My 96 has a computer in it.No rundown problems.If you can use a hydometer you can predict that a battery is headed for failure.

showcrop · Jan 27, 2009

I got a solar battery maintainer 2 or 3 years ago. it worked so well I got three more. They work great and you don't plug them in.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 28, 2009

Thanks! You guys are scaring me with thios fire stuff....... I've got a charger set up in the barn that I hook up my fence batteries to and leave overnight. I just saw a metal cabinet setting by the recycle bin that's just the right size for the charger and a couple of batteries. Guess I'lltake it home and make me a charger stand outside the barn.

Dave

Mike M · Jan 30, 2009

You can't get a hydrometer in alot of batteries.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 30, 2009

Dont buy sealed batteries.In any case putting china battery chargers on expensive equipment can burn it up.I charge batteries in the shop only when I am there.Outdoors put the charger on the ground.I have explained why chargers can burn.It happens more often than you think.

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