My wife has been complaining that the little "135" wire feed is making the lights go dim- the 220v stick welder doesn't do that near as bad. I took it to Brother-in-law's place to weld and he put an in-line meter on it and said it was drawing well over 30 amps- like, 34 or 5!!! No wonder. Anybody had one of these act up? Just put a new tip in it... Andy G.