325EXT Triangular Wave???

[Kempy]

Thanks Steve it is nice that some people will look into why it has the reading of 220 the Everlast gang never got back to me, Canada or USA and it is now 6 months since I asked the question of all the welding company's Lincoln was the best to deal with they always got back to me with and answer still like the 325EXT.

Thanks again Steve.

[performance]

Kempy,

Go back to post 2. It sums up what was said in post 21. We did get back to you. No need to further update, and it was accurate, but no need to get into detail. Not sure why you ignored the reply or discounted it until you heard from an ee.

Actually the unit is spot on and tuned to read square wave form rms but when you go to the other wave forms, you loose power/heat due to the fact that the wave form does not stay as long at the peak. Most of the heat/or power is generated at the wave form's peaks, not in the valley or zero point. A sloping wave form has less time on at the peak. One reason most people will tell you that the advanced square wave "wets in" better and faster than the old sine wave form and feels like it is "hotter" in comparison at the same amperage. I hear it all the time

[zoama]

Do other brands perform the same way? I'm just trying to understand this. How is the miller able to do the job in triangle wave form? If the other brand is a 350 amp machine it would only output 189.5 amps in triangle wave , correct?

[performance]

Not sure, but Miller has been known to rig a few numbers, like on their low amp starts. The displays don't reflect the surge.

[zoama]

The machine would have to put out the power to make the weld if it's getting the job done.