Who needs a welder when you have car batteries....

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Reply:No offense, this and the other battery/welding vids have been "rerun" here about a dozen or more times.Lincoln Power Mig 216Lincoln AC/DC-225/125Miller  625 X-Treme PlasmaMiller 211 Forney 95FI-A 301HF 91110Victor Journeyman O/PMilwaukee DaytonMakita  Baileigh NRA Life Member
Reply:Crap. My bad. No offense taken.
Reply:Thanks for posting.  Woulda been nice to see what he could produce if he was a better welder.TA Arcmaster 300CM3XMT 304S22P12 suitcase feederX-Treme 12VSOptima pulserTA161SMaxstar 150STLHypertherm PM45OP setupStihl 020AVP, 039, 066 Magnum
Reply:It's pretty straight forward using batteries, just building in the correct amount of resistance to get amps right is the hard part. There is a YouTube video of me doing a demo somewhere.Cheers Andrew
Reply:I've welded with a battery... but not on purpose
Reply:I accidently "welded" across 6 12 volt batteries once. (I was wireing 10 batteries in series for an emergency lighting unit that had 120 volts of batts that fed an apartment building). It took an inch off of the end of  an adjustable wrench, and I saw nothing but stars for about 1/2 hour. It didn't hurt the batts though because I replaced then all 10 years later (still had marks on them). Funny ever since I made shure I had a wrench that has rubber on the end for that purpose... Oh 1 other lesson to pass on don't EVER swim out to a boat, grab both battery cables at the same time, and put them on their respective terminals...  dont think 12 volts dc hurts.  f off.   It threw me across the boat, took the wind out of me and both arms shakin and tingeling. Hint its the salt water DUH. In my own defence I was only 16 years old. Yes it's funny now but then OMG. Class is over for now.Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:Two good stories so far and with a screen name like that, we should give you your own safety section. LMAOMy Photos on Flickr