250 EXT Updates?

[DVA]

DVA,

Can you elaborate... What were your settings, material, and electrode? I'd like to do the same test with mine.

Thanks,

Jim

I was welding on 1/4 inch carbon steel plate and 2" schedule 160 pipe. Rod wos Hobart 7018, 3/32 inch and Lincoln Xcaliber 7018, 1/8 inch.

Settings were 80-100 amps for the 3/32 and between 100-123 for the 1/8 inch rod.

I played with the dig between about 20-70 and found that a setting of about 30-35 worked best for the rod used.

Main issue was start up, did not have these many issues sticking electrodes with my dad’s old Lincoln 225 when I was about 12 years old.