PowerTIG 200DX Dual Voltage Gas Inlet Fitting Size

[MBfrontier]

What size is the gas inlet fitting size on the PowerTIG 200DX Dual Voltage? I have already tried a 1/4 in barbed fitting for my Victor 2400 Flowmeter from my local weld shop but it was too small for the fiber reinforced hose supplied with the welder. Please advise. Thanks.

[performance]

Do you have one with a hosebarb? or threaded fitting. If it's threaded then it's 5/8" CGA. If not, I think it's 5/16 hose barb. Usually 1/4" can be fit onto 5/16" hosebarb if there is any flex at all in the line. We've been using 5/8" CGA for a while now on most of our units.

[MBfrontier]

Thanks, Performance.

I picked up another 5/16 barbed fitting to splice to a WA Technology Gas Saver System.

5/8 in. CGA would be much easier for us in the U.S. If the new units come with that fitting that would be considered a move forward.

[performance]

No, we don't have any plans for the 5/8". That's a move backwards. I suspect you'll start seeing other brands with a quick connect like this. Lincoln already uses them on some of their product. The 5/8" is slow and aggravating to connect up compared to it. Europe uses them as well. There are plenty of sources of the quick connects as they have become standard. We sell them, Arc Zone sells them, and many others.

[Rambozo]

I think he was talking about the gas inlet, which you said you are making "B" CGA, but he has a hose barb version.

[performance]

It's a 5/8" CGA. Not sure how old his unit is.

[MBfrontier]

Yes, I was talking about the gas inlet which on my machine is a barbed fitting. I purchased the PowerTIG 200DX Dual Voltage Welder October of 2013.

[performance]

Not sure, but you may have gotten one of the last ones to have it of that model.

[MBfrontier]

Here it is: