[TheForge] temporary welder setup

[damales at pollybutte.net]

think of it as a hose if you run a 1/2" 1000' you will have much less water
flow then if you ran it 10'

you get a voltage drop at about 100- 500' and then you will pull more amps
to make up the differnce. 

this is why I had to pull #2 for a 30 amp well pump.

On 10:21:56 pm 11/11/09 "Andy Gladish" <gladish at cablerocket.com> wrote:
> That is a good workaround, but I meant to say that I have more than
> enough to make the run, but not to make multiple runs.
> The danger for me in doing that would be my lisdexia kicking in and
> splicing the right wire to the wrong wire.
> Isn't there a simple formula to find out how many 220 amps the welder
> is drawing at a given setting? Seems like I've done that before...
> anyway, what I don't get is, the welder is rated to run on a 30A
> breaker, so I don't get why cable rated for 30A won't do the job. So
> confusing..
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:27:01 -0800, <damales at pollybutte.net> wrote:
>
> >  run double the wire or even triple . if you have a  ton of 10#
> >  then run 3 for each lead.
> >
> >  Dan scheid
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