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11-15-2019, 9:03pm | #1 | ||||||
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1000 amp stick welding
The welding rod is 4' long and weighs 18 lbs. The stinger ( welding rod holder ) weighs 40 lbs and they weld while standing on a ladder.
For the folks who don't weld, an arc welder at home or at the shop would be set at about 90 amps for a 3/32" welding rod and around 125 amps for a 1/8" rod. This rod , without the flux is about the size of a dime. |
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That's some serious welding amperage right there.
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One of our customers (SLB) does some large electrode welding but not that big. My mechanics tell me it is way louder than they expected.
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Surprised it didn't just blow a hole in that 1" plate.
Obviously this was just a demonstration of the electrode, not of an application that would actually call for it. |
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Damn I had no idea they had electrodes that large!
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