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So I've heard about people using a car battery and jumper cables to weld. Does this actually work?
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Originally Posted by Clayton.T
So I've heard about people using a car battery and jumper cables to weld. Does this actually work?
Reply:Should work as long as you don't care about amp settings.Ol' Stonebreaker "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:You can cook Spam with it.Ed Conleyhttp://www.screamingbroccoli.com/MM252MM211 (Sold)Passport Plus & Spool gunLincoln SP135 Plus- (Gone to a good home)Klutch 120v Plasma cutterSO 2020 benderBeer in the fridge
Reply:I have read since 1960's I told back then it does not work well. A battery is CV and stick welding needs CC . Never try it but if I was up in the high country and need weld done to get home I would give it shot .There is more to this why it does not work but get real wordy.Dave
Originally Posted by Clayton.T
So I've heard about people using a car battery and jumper cables to weld. Does this actually work?
Reply:It works. Many off-road trail enthusiasts use it for simple repairs.
Reply:It would ok if you add Reactor.Have try a car battery welding?Dave
Originally Posted by shortfuse
It works. Many off-road trail enthusiasts use it for simple repairs.
Reply:I think Macgyver did this, something like the a spark plug was damaged and he welded back up... But I heard Macgyver could fix anything with nothing.We've done so much, for so long, with so little. Were now qualified to do anything with nothing !
Reply:Yes the prop man did wonders I like most things Macgyver did some could be done but the rest is all on the prop man.Dave
Originally Posted by welding1
I think Macgyver did this, something like the a spark plug was damaged and he welded back up... But I heard Macgyver could fix anything with nothing.
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Originally Posted by welding1
I think Macgyver did this, something like the a spark plug was damaged and he welded back up... But I heard Macgyver could fix anything with nothing.
Reply:The egg white works.I remember that too and look that one up.Dave
Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
I remember that episode. It was more like when you stick a rod during stick welding if I recall correctly. He had to put the curved end back on the spark plug.I believe that's also the episode where he used egg whites to plug the radiator holes?It was a good show back in the day
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Originally Posted by Clayton.T
So I've heard about people using a car battery and jumper cables to weld. Does this actually work?
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Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
I remember that episode. It was more like when you stick a rod during stick welding if I recall correctly. He had to put the curved end back on the spark plug.I believe that's also the episode where he used egg whites to plug the radiator holes?It was a good show back in the day
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Originally Posted by Willie B
It works. You won't enjoy it. A good welder maintains either amps or volts. A bank of batteries won't have the ability to maintain amperage the way a stick welder does, & it surely won't maintain voltage as a MIG welder does. Could it weld? A: Yes. Will it work well? A: No.And NO, a single car battery hasn't nearly the storage needed to weld properly. Only a group of batteries could work. Typically at least 4 car batteries arranged in either series, or series parallel. I think of 48 volts as a good weld voltage. Four 12 volt nominal batteries in series, or better two parallel banks of four in series parallel. In answer: Could it be done? A: Yes.Would a Chinese welder be cheaper & work better? Yes.
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Originally Posted by M J D
Several years ago I had an older Buick I entered in the demolition derby. Made it thru the first round but put a hole in the radiator. Pinched off the cores I could and then sent a friend to steal the pepper shaker from the hamburger stand to seal up the radiator. I got knocked out of the final round but the radiator held
Reply:Any risk of the battery(s) exploding, or other non-obvious hazard?* Amico MIG-130A Flux, Dual Voltage. Truly portable!* HF MIG-180 with all the mods. Heavy.* Grizzly H8153 Stick/Tig 130/160.* Wards PowrKraft AC-230. Stick & carbon arc.
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Originally Posted by California
Any risk of the battery(s) exploding, or other non-obvious hazard?
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Originally Posted by California
Any risk of the battery(s) exploding, or other non-obvious hazard?
Reply:If self employed OSHA leaves alone. If employed rent a real welder.Dave
Originally Posted by Willie B
I doubt OSHA would approve.
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Originally Posted by Freebirdwelds
Well shorting a battery or batteries will always have an inherited chance of explosion.
Reply:I was in a "Jeep Club" for a few years. Usually, if something needed real welding on the trail, we found a way to limp it/tow it back to hard pack and get it home to someone's garage for proper work. I do recall one trip where someone had something break (I don't recall the specifics, but it wasn't anything major I don't believe). We had a guy who used some sort of battery had and some wire (They said a coat hanger, but who knows what it was). It was all the rage on the trail that day and on the forum for a while.... "He welded that thing on the trail and it held". I think it's safer to say the part wasn't really broken, and he just melted some lesser metal of some sort onto another piece of metal and the part underneath never broke any further. LOL.
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Originally Posted by LittleTreeGuy
I was in a "Jeep Club" for a few years. Usually, if something needed real welding on the trail, we found a way to limp it/tow it back to hard pack and get it home to someone's garage for proper work. I do recall one trip where someone had something break (I don't recall the specifics, but it wasn't anything major I don't believe). We had a guy who used some sort of battery had and some wire (They said a coat hanger, but who knows what it was). It was all the rage on the trail that day and on the forum for a while.... "He welded that thing on the trail and it held". I think it's safer to say the part wasn't really broken, and he just melted some lesser metal of some sort onto another piece of metal and the part underneath never broke any further. LOL.
Reply:Well 5he physics of it may work only if you stayed in a holiday inn the night before so my thoughts are no it would probably short a diode in the alternator, explode the battery, make mess. But somebody video it let us seeRetired Old GuyHobart 210Lincoln AC/DC 225/125 Tombstone Evolution 14 Saw
Reply:How are you doing.Dave
Originally Posted by NotaVegetarian
Well 5he physics of it may work only if you stayed in a holiday inn the night before so my thoughts are no it would probably short a diode in the alternator, explode the battery, make mess. But somebody video it let us see
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Originally Posted by NotaVegetarian
Well 5he physics of it may work only if you stayed in a holiday inn the night before so my thoughts are no it would probably short a diode in the alternator, explode the battery, make mess. But somebody video it let us see
Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
There was (maybe still is) an alternator/welder made for offroad purposes.
Reply:the world war 2 generation could do it particularly the support crews in the aircraft plants and factories that did whatever it took to supply the troops in the field. i'm pretty sure if you set some strong batteries up wire for 24-volt a decent stick weldor could stick some metal parts together "emergency repair quality" it's all about the puddle.
Reply:About 30 or 40 years ago I saw that add.I hate to think weld from alternator/welder.But I guess in high country and wanting to go home it would do job till get home to real welder. Dave
Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
There was (maybe still is) an alternator/welder made for offroad purposes.
Reply:I've done it. Three in series for 36 volts is kind of the minimum to make it work. Not my first choice of equipment setup.
Reply:It would be a fun humorous experiment. I would want to use it to actually weld though. I have seen people go through a lot of hassle doing something in some crazy redneck way when it would have been easier and often cheaper to do it the right way from the start.Gear: Esab power compact 205 with tbi industries torch BOC Smootharc 185dc tig Miller Syncrowave 350LX
Reply:Those ww2 generator welders used to be pretty common. Dad had one. I have it now and have thought of finding a motor for it. I used one that a farmer I worked for had.Neat thing was you could use the generator to start the has motor.
Reply:http://readywelder.com/
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Originally Posted by Fat Bastard
http://readywelder.com/
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Originally Posted by Willie B
DeWalt offered a cordless TIG welder once. I've never seen one & I think the applications would be very specialized. It was DC only (steel).
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Originally Posted by Willie B
DeWalt offered a cordless TIG welder once.
Reply:A battery power welder can made. But first you need a real big battery and a reactor/resistor. A set jumper cables and car battery may get homeIf your battery does not explode and you do not have flaming cables and who take a hood to back country so now you are blind too driving home on mountain roads. Dave
Originally Posted by Lis2323
I "think"that one was made by Fronius with the DeWalt badging. https://www.fronius.com/en/welding-t...ket/accupocketSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Originally Posted by Willie B
I wonder how you'd power it? My fire truck has a 200 amp alternator, uses two belts to belt drive off the engine. 200 amps is only 2400 watts, that'd be an anemic welder, might TIG 20 gauge body metal. A real welder I have to think needs PTO power to drive it, or several V belts.
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Originally Posted by Willie B
200 amps is only 2400 watts, that'd be an anemic welder, might TIG 20 gauge body metal.
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Originally Posted by MinnesotaDave
I remember it now - Premier Power Welder. http://premierpowerwelder.com/Pretty sure that's the one I remember seeing. |
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