Quote Originally Posted by jchaverri View Post
Thank you all for your responses. I totally agree on the price, I already have the cables from a welder I bought used, however this was a transformer based machine and I wasn't sure if extending the leads on inverters might cause issues.

The main reason I was wondering about the longer leads is because I will be welding at a certain height and I'm worried about the welder falling down
You will be fine to lengthen the leads, and I agree, better to leave the welder on the ground.