pat sublett
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Has anyone with a pacemaker tried welding with a MIG spool gun. Just wondered about the coil ofwire (spool) in hand.
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Janicholson
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The electricity never gets to the wire in the spool. It is transferred to the wire in the nozzle. The issue is induction of magnetism into the Pace maker leads. Pure DC is not able to be inducted (no moving or variable magnetic field) but welding with DC does have start stop changes in current, and may cause issues. Jim
pat sublett
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Thanks, that makes sence.
Mike(NEOhio)
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All the wire in the spool is charged but current flows only between the contact tip and the work. That's why MIG spools are insulated from the machine.
ANY arc is gonna generate "electrical noise"... that's how radio/wireless got is start with spark gap transmitters.
The REAL question/unknown/how bad do you want to live/ would be "is the particular pacemaker I have totally immune to any "electrical noise" from welding or other sources?
The REAL question/unknown/how bad do you want to live/ would be "is the particular pacemaker I have totally immune to any "electrical noise" from welding or other sources?
Blackhole49
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- White Lake MI
I concur!
That may be a flawed question since only those with a pacemaker who tried and succeeded can answer affirmatively. If they tried and failed, they probably can't answer at all. So unless you hear some affirmative voices from those who have tried the experiment, you might want to assume the worst!
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