G6 at Snook, TX
Well-known Member
We had an interesting thing happen today. The SAE 300 I have was welding progressively worse throughout the day and it was acting like the pipe was severely magnetized. (We're rebuilding a stock pen with old oil field tubing.) Anyhow, it got to the point we switched to a Lincoln Ranger and there was no issue with magnetism at all.
The local welder mechanic we talked to suggested that the SAE had developed magnetism in the stinger (+) lead. The leads are wrapped around a standard homemade lead tree. Unwrapped the positive lead, stretched them out on the ground, and viola the SAE was back to normal.
For those who know, is that an occasional but common problem? Or if it recurs a symptom of a greater problem in the machine itself. The leads are 200' in total with them being 2/0 cable except a 25' whip end that is #1 cable. I'm in central Texas, it has been hot, and we've welded pretty hard the last three days. The machine is mounted on a trailer and properly grounded.
The local welder mechanic we talked to suggested that the SAE had developed magnetism in the stinger (+) lead. The leads are wrapped around a standard homemade lead tree. Unwrapped the positive lead, stretched them out on the ground, and viola the SAE was back to normal.
For those who know, is that an occasional but common problem? Or if it recurs a symptom of a greater problem in the machine itself. The leads are 200' in total with them being 2/0 cable except a 25' whip end that is #1 cable. I'm in central Texas, it has been hot, and we've welded pretty hard the last three days. The machine is mounted on a trailer and properly grounded.