[TheForge] welding cable connectors

[ries]

Peter- all the welding cables in my shop are standard Tweco number 2's.
On the 304, I bought little adapters- you plug em in the DIN plug on  
the 304, and then plug tweco into them.
This makes it simpler, but of course, my situation is more complicated  
than yours- I have two tig welders, 4 migs of various sorts, and often  
rent gas drive machines as well, so it makes sense for me to have a  
completely compatible fleet of cable. Sometimes I need 100 feet each  
of power and lead, or more, and I cobble together everything in the  
shop.

Ries


On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:48 PM, 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
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