Welding Tips and Tricks

I often wake up from a dream with these crazy inventive ideas in my head. I write them down right away, so I don't forget them. I must have been dreaming about my SA-200 engine driven welder last night, because I had this dream about being up on top of a shipping container on my acreage and someone driving up to talk to me. I couldn't hear him over the engine noise, so I reached into my pocket and turned off the SA-200 with a car start remote.

The idea stuck in my head when I woke up and I decided to write it down. I can see where this idea could come in handy. My SA-200 will be used mostly in the field, so walking back and forth in the mud and muck can be avoided with a remote starter. The same goes with going up and down ladders. The bottom line is that fuel is expensive and if the welder doesn't need to be running for a short period of time, why not shut it off and save a bit of fuel and noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylAM3pdMSS4

Or get a stop start thingy of a new car (the kind that cuts the motor when you are not moving) and fit that to it.

WerkSpace wrote:I often wake up from a dream with these crazy inventive ideas in my head. I write them down right away, so I don't forget them. I must have been dreaming about my SA-200 engine driven welder last night, because I had this dream about being up on top of a shipping container on my acreage and someone driving up to talk to me. I couldn't hear him over the engine noise, so I reached into my pocket and turned off the SA-200 with a car start remote.

The idea stuck in my head when I woke up and I decided to write it down. I can see where this idea could come in handy. My SA-200 will be used mostly in the field, so walking back and forth in the mud and muck can be avoided with a remote starter. The same goes with going up and down ladders. The bottom line is that fuel is expensive and if the welder doesn't need to be running for a short period of time, why not shut it off and save a bit of fuel and noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylAM3pdMSS4

I like that idea a great deal! You should run with it!

I can think of many situations where, even on industrial work, the machine idles six of ten hours, and if it's your fuel, it's your money.

Steve S

remote starts for welders have been out for a long time. think I have seen them on ebay and I know I have seen threads related to them.

but I know nothing about the venerable SA200 so I shouldn't generalize.