What welder will do this
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Lifting my boots... the chit is flowing now.Good man!
Hitches are well above my pay grade.
This is late in this thread but can someone tell me what wire I need to run for a miller 215. I need to run 160' from breaker box to shop. I can't upload the chart off miller website but it looks like the most it will pull is 27amps with the stick. The unit comes with a 50amp receptacle so looks like 6 ga wire but can I run that 160'. Thanks Ricky
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Shield Arc
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Maybe this will help.
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Some of it will depend on what your source of power is. If It's only 40 amps you will be marginal. If you are pulling off of 100 or 200 amp service you should be fine. Just make the breaker in you shop, less than the one from the source. I ran 6ga 120' and I run pretty high voltages with a 320 amp Mig. The 211 is really only about 180 amps. Go for it.
BHD
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take the plate and receiver hitches to a shop and pay to have it welded properly, (this is not a time/place to learn to weld)
if your running wire to the shop run at least a heavy enough wire to get 100 amps, to the shop, If your getting into the shop and shop tools, you will not be sorry to have enough to minimize voltage drop, and for future expansions, (tool wise), if you get a old AC buzz box, or even a Ac/dc buzz box, most want a 50 amp breaker, mine says 60 amp, if you get a good air compressor that will take 20+ amps, add some more machine tools and depending on what you get, you would not be sorry to have a 100 amp 220 coming in to the shop.
many would say it should be more than 100 amp in today's world,
if your running wire to the shop run at least a heavy enough wire to get 100 amps, to the shop, If your getting into the shop and shop tools, you will not be sorry to have enough to minimize voltage drop, and for future expansions, (tool wise), if you get a old AC buzz box, or even a Ac/dc buzz box, most want a 50 amp breaker, mine says 60 amp, if you get a good air compressor that will take 20+ amps, add some more machine tools and depending on what you get, you would not be sorry to have a 100 amp 220 coming in to the shop.
many would say it should be more than 100 amp in today's world,
All good advice and I appreciate all of it. It's a small shop 24x20. I already have 110 ran with a 20 amp breaker. Will be coming off house box which is 200 amp and I got room. I got an electrician in the neighborhood and will talk with him and see what he thinks. Really don't see going any bigger than a welder but if I rent a trencher and bury cable I will run 6/3 with ground just in case I need the extra for the futher.
hturner12
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Would it be cheaper to have the power company set a meter for the shop
GaryM
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I just built a 30x40 barn/shop and chose a new transformer and meter for this location. I have 200A because the price difference between 100/200 was negligible. Both required buried PVC conduit so that's a toss up. Electric Co-Op charged $400 for 250' of 4/0 three conductor hooked to the meter base they supplied. They also hung a 15KVA transformer on the pole.
I don't think I'll be short of power.
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He may pay more in the long run. Here they charge for setting xtra pole, transformer, and $20.00 per month flat fee just to have a meter, in addition to any power used. I would come out better to run wire from my home to garage
