My 200DX came in yesterday..

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I haven't noticed a difference in grounding, but I never had a problem with the oem ground other than it being too short and wouldn't fit on larger square tube when I close the end for a screw in caster.
I'm not sure about the second part of your question but there's no strap going to the other side on the ground hog clamp. I stripped the #2 cable back far enough to double it over and pushed it into the ferrule.

Sorry. Got lazy. Tried to comment on two people's messages without quoting both. I was talking about the braided strap on the picture of the original ground clamp - here:

[EchoSixMike]

I don't think there's anything wrong at all with the stock ground clamp. It's as good as any I've seen on a stock welder, and better than some.

A "ground hog" or magnetic flat panel ground is somewhat specialized and specific to the application. If I did that sort of work, I'd just put one together with whatever length of cable needed since it's a QD dinse connector, not a hard connection inside the welder case, as on some welders. S/F....Ken M

[zoama]

I don't think there's anything wrong at all with the stock ground clamp. It's as good as any I've seen on a stock welder, and better than some.

A "ground hog" or magnetic flat panel ground is somewhat specialized and specific to the application. If I did that sort of work, I'd just put one together with whatever length of cable needed since it's a QD dinse connector, not a hard connection inside the welder case, as on some welders. S/F....Ken M

I used the dinse off of one of the oem grounds since I have two, so I can use whichever one I need on the 256 or the I-Mig.