[TheForge] welding cable connectors

[Paul]

Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Can anyone refer me to a cross reference chart for  welding cable plugs?
> 
> The used Miller 304 machine i bought on Ebay ( shipped today, finally) 
> has Dinse 50 or international style sockets and my cables have old style 
> Miller tapered plugs and sockets...so i'm planning to convert over. I 
> picked up 6 male dinse plugs on Ebay reasonably, but the female ends are 
> less than abundant...pretty expensive new....however;
> Different manufacturers make compatible plugs, but each one has their 
> own names and numbers and cross references are hard to find..found a 
> couple of partial ones. I see listings of inexpensive,possibly 
> compatible females but don't really want to gamble.
> Unless one of you has a hankering to change  from dinse to old style 
> Miller connectors? I'm gonna have a bunch of extras...maybe 8 sets...pete f

I was faced with the same problem. My employer tosses the dinse style 
plugs, so I gloomed on to them and converted my stuff to dinse 50. I 
picked up female ends from http://www.weldingsupply.com/ they were cheap ...

see
https://weldingsupply.securesites.com/cgi-bin/einstein.pl?PNUM::1:UNDEF:OR:BK-50

not quite as pretty as the miller supplied plugs, but electrically 
identical and quite satisfactory.
One other note on the 304 in addition to turning the machine on in the 
CV (mig) mode to promote electrical health.
This is my first welder with Arc Force control. When using stick welding 
procedure, try starting with the arc force set to 5 to 7. The closer it 
is to 0 the more it acts like a tig welder and the more it leads to 
'stuck' stick electrodes... check out Millers arc force commentary for 
more info

-- 
Paul Sperbeck  WB9HCO

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