ShieldArc's Amazon killer deal on Everlast???

[CNC Dan]

I got mine Wed. but wont get to play with it till the weekend

 

[newbury]

Mine was delivered Wednesday and I don't expect to get to it for about 2 months

Plenty of time to think up projects.

 

[joshuabardwell]

Mine was delivered Wednesday and I don't expect to get to it for about 2 months
Plenty of time to think up projects.

Be careful. Everlast's return/replace period is 30 days. You should put in at least a few hours of use in the first 30 days just to make sure you didn't get a lemon. After 30 days, the warranty still applies, but you can't return it and you pay for shipping if you have to send it in for repair. Not sure if purchasing from Amazon changes this policy somehow.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

I echo Joshua. It's not a gotcha policy, but one we've tried to provide so the customer can buy with confidence. The first 30 days of operation is when we see the most unit issues, so we try to make sure the customer IF and when there is a problem, is inconvenienced little as possible. Issue rates with the PA 300 have been quite low, but if for the off chance something happens, and you don't get around to using it for a few weeks or months, and it does show up....

I'll work with TBN customers here anyway I can, if you need help with service, tech questions etc...but I am not in charge of the policy. I guess I can plead your case and see what we can do, but it always best for all involved if they follow our recommendations upon purchase.

Had a guy the other day that bought a unit 2 years ago, sat in the box unopened for 2 years, and had an issue. He tried to bully me into providing shipping for his product since he didn't "use" it...I felt bad for him, but not that bad.

 

[davrow]

It's up to $551.92 now. I would have been mighty tempted at the original price - but I have two welders and no where to plug in the Lincoln. So I probably would have passed even at that killer deal price.

But there is still only 1 review on Amazon! What's up with that, all you guys that already have yours?

 

[lilranch2001]

I will review it as soon as I have it running and ran a few dozen beads of 7018.
I think it would be a bad thing to review it as it sits in the back of my Polaris Ranger unused

 

[boomer1025]

This is fine advice, but copper isn't cheap. Here is the relevant table from the NEC:

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The PA300 has a 60% duty cycle at maximum amperage. At max amperage, it pulls a sustained 46.8 amps. At a 60% duty cycle, a non-motor generator has a duty cycle multiplier of 0.78. 0.78 * 46.8 amps = 36.5 amps. Looking at wire gauge tables, the derate basically seems to drop you down one wire gauge size, so actually I would probably agree with Boomer that you may as well keep life simple and just wire up the circuit with a 50 amp breaker and the appropriate size of wiring. Unless maybe you have a really long cable run and the difference in cost on the wire to go down one size will matter.

EDIT: I am not an electrician. This is not professional advice.

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Copper is cheaper then repairing fire damage, you never know what's going to get plugged into that circuit in the future. On really long cable runs you might want to think about going up 1 wire size or more, not down. Match the wire size to the cable run length and breaker size for 100% duty cycle. A little extra money is cheap insurance to keep the Fire Marshall away.

 

[eastexan]

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[timster2]

Shipped Monday delivered Tuesday seems I am close to a distribution center:thumbsup:. Got to run to HD tomorrow and pick up a plug. Mine was inspected 10/16/2013 and has the newer rod holder. Now I have a few older buzz boxes to sell. I guess its time to downsize my fleet of welders.

 

[CNC Dan]

I haven't had a chance to use my new PA300, but I found a packing list on the box that appears to be from Everlast to Amazon.

Sep. 22,2013
PO # w0926992

shipped to:
Amazon.com.dedc,LLC
Carlisle PA.

Then there is a list of the items in the shipment:

PA300 QTY:7
MP205 QTY:7
PP80 QTY:14

I stopped by the electrical supply on the way home and picked up a plug so I should be all set to get it set up and run a few beads this weekend. And I did dig out the leads. Nice heavy work clamp, but the electrode clamp looks like a bigger version of the Forney one that I got at the local hardware store. I will likely change it out for a Tweeco.