am I reading this correctly...

[Scot]

I have this generator - http://www.deere.com/en_US/parts/homeandworkshop/products/generators/ac_g6000s_e.html

I'm thinking about this welder - http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalog/equipmentdatasheet.asp?p=2519

Looking at the output for the Generator and the requirements for the welder, am I correct if it appears to be enough power???

I may never need to run it off the generator, but if I did I want that option available.

-popcorn

 

[FTG-05]

I bought this generator in 1999:

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_448_448

In later '99, I called Lincoln Electric and asked if this generator would power this welder:

http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Catalog/equipmentdatasheet.asp?p=7083

The answer from the very nice and knowledgeable L-E tech guy:

Yes.

The only thing I take issue with for the welder you're thinking of is this: "Large easy to set knobs provide 5-position adjustable tap voltage control and continuous full-range control of wire feed speed."

My SP-175Plus has this: "Continuous full-range adjustment of voltage and wire feed speed allows for fine-tuning of the arc and precise control of arc energy, or heat input."

I'll never have a tapped welder again (I've got three welders total).


Good luck.

Al

 

[Scooter]

That is a 6000 watt generator, and the welder appears to be about a 3500 watt welder. The only reason that you would need a generator that big is for the 240 volt outlet.

 

[Scot]

That is a 6000 watt generator, and the welder appears to be about a 3500 watt welder. The only reason that you would need a generator that big is for the 240 volt outlet.

I was looking more at the amps available and the max the welder can pull. both were 21-ish for a 240volt application.

thanks

 

[FTG-05]

That is a 6000 watt generator, and the welder appears to be about a 3500 watt welder. The only reason that you would need a generator that big is for the 240 volt outlet.[/QUOTE]

Which is what you need to run -175 class machines.