230/220v ext. adaptor for welder.... Thanks 4 the help!

[imiceman44]

My extension cord cost m a bit more, but I made a 100' 3x8guage extension cord.
The longer it is the bigger you want your cable to make sure it carries the AMPs after the voltage drop.
Mine works great and I need to add the 110 outlet to it.
I am still trying to figure out a way to make a real for it for easier retrieval, but for now I just roll it back on the original wheel.

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

I'm gonna put my 50' on a modified "garden hose" reel.

Cord works great btw.

 

[imiceman44]

I'm gonna put my 50' on a modified "garden hose" reel.

Cord works great btw.

Well my problem is the contacts, I think I can just unplug and then real it in, but I was hoping I could find something that can have the contacts on the reel so it could be functionnal as I reel unreel.

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

Ah.....

 

[CGT80]

My miller tig welder requires a minimum size wire of #2 to run at its full potential. My garage only has #6 run to it's sub panel from the main house panel. I have a 20-30 foot 4 conductor #6 cord run to the 50A receptacle in the garage. It does ok if I don't push my welding current over 250 amps. If I run at 250 for more than 5-10 minutes non stop, it will warm up the breaker and trip it. It sucks that the main house panel is 70+ feet in a straight line from the garage. The wiring would have to be longer. The tig (miller 330 abp from 1965) will put out 460 amps max and can draw 104 amps at 250V. It would weld anything if it had enough juice run to it.

My heavy extension cord is a #10 yellow jacket brand with a 50A 250v cord cap on one end and two boxes on the other. I run one 50/250 receptacle and a quad box (two duplex receptacles) on the other. It works well for my 110v miller mig and my little miller 375 extreme plasma cutter, and I can run grinders, saws, etc. from it. The tig welder never gets moved, as it probably weighs near 1000 lbs. I would love to have a new 200 dynasty inverter tig, but the dinosaur fits my budget.

 

[driney]

I don't know if you use your cord partially rolled up, but an electrical cord can get pretty warm if it's not unrolled all the way. Especially if the reel happened to be a metal one. I was just talking to a guy that had an extension cord wrapped around a steel wheel he bolted to the wall and he only pulled off the amount of cord he needed. The next thing he knew, his cord was smoking.

 

[TheBeast_88K5]

I run my cords fully unrolled.

When I used my friends 50' cord;
I had the remainder of the cord laid on the ground,
In BIG rounds, with the loops offset.

 

[54inches]

X2 I spent more than $100 making mine, it's about 60' long though.

Is that the Home depot cord with new ends? 10/3?

 

[79rustyk10]

I don't know if you use your cord partially rolled up, but an electrical cord can get pretty warm if it's not unrolled all the way. Especially if the reel happened to be a metal one. I was just talking to a guy that had an extension cord wrapped around a steel wheel he bolted to the wall and he only pulled off the amount of cord he needed. The next thing he knew, his cord was smoking.

Theres electrical codes for conduit fill for this reason too. Heat and electrical stuff are not friends.