[TheForge] welding cable connectors

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Excellent! Thank you Paul...pf

Paul wrote:
> 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
>