Hello,
.. my first post.
I just purchased a TIG welder. I am building a dedicated torch cooler for it utilizing an automotive heater core, a dual shaft fractional hp 115/230 motor - with pump on one end and fan on the other and a one gallon reservoir.
The TIG welder is 230vac with a three pronged plug. Unfortunately it does not have any auxilliary outlets. It is vital that my cooling unit power up when the welder is turned on. If it is forgotten even once, the torch can be destroyed.
This is a pretty sophisticated inverter-type welding machine. There is a beefy two-gang main switch on the back panel for turning it on and the internal leads to this switch are very readily accessible with the removal of a small panel.
Normally I wouldn't hesitate to simply piggyback this switch, since the motor I intend to use is only a couple of amps draw. But I want to be 100 percent certain that I won't be disrupting any of the functions of this machine by doing so. I also wonder if I have the option of running either a 115v or 230v motor off of these taps, or if using only one of them would imbalance anything?
The first .pdf is linked to the owners manual and the following attachment is a file condensing the relevant pages from it.
http://www.thermadyne.com/uplFiles/litLibrary/thermalarc/0-4861 ArcMaster 185 ACDC-OpMan.pdf
Thanks very much for any advice!
.. my first post.
I just purchased a TIG welder. I am building a dedicated torch cooler for it utilizing an automotive heater core, a dual shaft fractional hp 115/230 motor - with pump on one end and fan on the other and a one gallon reservoir.
The TIG welder is 230vac with a three pronged plug. Unfortunately it does not have any auxilliary outlets. It is vital that my cooling unit power up when the welder is turned on. If it is forgotten even once, the torch can be destroyed.
This is a pretty sophisticated inverter-type welding machine. There is a beefy two-gang main switch on the back panel for turning it on and the internal leads to this switch are very readily accessible with the removal of a small panel.
Normally I wouldn't hesitate to simply piggyback this switch, since the motor I intend to use is only a couple of amps draw. But I want to be 100 percent certain that I won't be disrupting any of the functions of this machine by doing so. I also wonder if I have the option of running either a 115v or 230v motor off of these taps, or if using only one of them would imbalance anything?
The first .pdf is linked to the owners manual and the following attachment is a file condensing the relevant pages from it.
http://www.thermadyne.com/uplFiles/litLibrary/thermalarc/0-4861 ArcMaster 185 ACDC-OpMan.pdf
Thanks very much for any advice!
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