Lincoln 180 dual

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Nice of Lincoln to do a dual voltage machine in that class.  They may have missed on the pricing and specs.  Around the cost of an MM211 and not quite the duty cycle.  I like the two red boxes I have but I think they may have come up a bit short in the cycle and a bit long in the price.http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us...owermig180dualPreviously I hadn't been taking a welder to the track and was looking at 120v options for quick fixes with flux core.  Though at this point I'll keep the little 180 and get a bigger genset.
Reply:I noticed that Lincoln 'wised up'... now using two different power cords to change from 110 to 220 volts.I seem to recall reading an earlier post here reporting on the failure of a Lincoln welder (think it was an inverter) because of the failure of an internal relay (sticking) to properly function and automatically reconfigure the welder for the change in voltage.Machine fried, expensive out-of-warrranty repair... all because of bad design.KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid.Rick V 1 Airco Heliwelder 3A/DDR3 CTC 70/90 amp Stick/Tig Inverters in Parallel1 Lincoln MIG PAK 151 Oxy-Acet
Reply:At that price point I'm not sure it will compete with the Miller 211 at the local welding supply places, but Lincoln has a wider distribution network (HD, etc).  Bet they'll sell a ton of them.
Reply:The Lincoln units in the big box stores are packaged specifically for them.  They are the older SP140T/180T with the plastic drive assemblies with some of the guts coming from Mexico.  I have the Lowes version and when I bought it I called Lincoln to confirm.  It's a nice little machine for what I paid for it.This new unit is more like a 180 C with dual voltage.  They might do a variant to the big boxes but this one is part of the Power Mig line.