A few 250ex questions (including a foot pedal one)

[parkour]

Yes, connecting the welder's ground to the "neutral" wire is correct. The dryer plug is probably a 3 prong model with a "neutral", but no "ground". In this situation, the difference between ground and neutral is inconsequential. I think you have it right. The green goes to the center terminal, the white and black go to the outside terminals, and the red is just taped off and put to the side.

You can use http://powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm to compute the voltage drop at a length of run of a certain gage of wire. It has a nice JavaScript calculator at the bottom (that I used for the info I posted above).

[PinkNinja]

Glad to see you bought an Everlast tjabo...


P. S

This is atutt from Honda-Tech

[tjabo]

Thanks man! Now I just need for my tungstens to come in and get enough time to do some welding!!!

[parkour]

Sure.

What kind of tungsten did you order?

[tjabo]

I ordered some 3/32" 2% Lanthanated tungstens, and an assortment of gas lenses and cups. The gas lenses and cups arrived today, but the tungstens are still enroute I guess...

[tjabo]

This makes me think there may be a fairly standard 220V plug I should have used instead of the one for the stove.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/HEAVY-DUTY-50-AM...item2565f27ec1

[parkour]

I've seen that one. That looks like an over grown 120v plug

Ah yes, Lanthanated; my personal favorite.

I think you did the right thing. Unless you're looking to interoperate somewhere else; with some other electrical plugs, you might as well use what you already have at hand and then spend the least money necessary to get up and running.