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I suppose the better quality flux cores aren't so splattery? Or atleast the flux comes off better? I didn't like it before cause it never looked good on that 110 machine. But probably cheap Canadian tire wire. However I was surprised how well it would weld with gas. I changed the power cord to a 12 awg and used it on a 15a circuit that was direct. Using it on a 20amp circuit doesn't give you any more amps than a 15a just means it won't trip out at 15. But being a direct circuit and a beefier cord will give the welder more headroom to pull the amps it wants. A 15 amp circuit will happily give you 20amps for short periods of time as long as it's not a spike.
We used to instal construction heaters in new builds during construction. 30a heater in the stove and/or dryer circuit on a 20a breaker all day long. We did that because once the heater got caked in drywall dust it would trip the breaker before burning out the heater.
This airco machine I'm using now is 220v and much more powerful. It'll do 160 amps 22v for mig and 200amps 28v for stick. I have 25/75 gas and is far I like it. But, I don't weld much heavy duty very often. I did some 1/4" last week and it did fine. Moving a bit slower with .030 wire but god penatration. More often than not it'll be 1/8"
We used to instal construction heaters in new builds during construction. 30a heater in the stove and/or dryer circuit on a 20a breaker all day long. We did that because once the heater got caked in drywall dust it would trip the breaker before burning out the heater.
This airco machine I'm using now is 220v and much more powerful. It'll do 160 amps 22v for mig and 200amps 28v for stick. I have 25/75 gas and is far I like it. But, I don't weld much heavy duty very often. I did some 1/4" last week and it did fine. Moving a bit slower with .030 wire but god penatration. More often than not it'll be 1/8"