Welding Tips and Tricks

Hello everyone,

I have recently picked up welding, after retiring from the US Navy and went to school but it has been awhile since I have welded anything. Good thing is I can return to the school to brush up. Recently purchased a Lincoln power mig 210 I know I am ok for the 120V side but the 230 is confusing me. I know it all about the amps looking on the back of the machine all I see is 20A. Just never heard of a 230v circuit on a 20A breaker could be wrong? This is what is on the back of the machine. Not to smart when it comes to electrical in a home. Can anyone help?

TIG 20A/10.8V to 175A/ 17V
Stick 20A/21V to 175A/ 27V
Mig 20A/ 15V to 220A/ 25 V

120/1/60HZ
230/1/60HZ

Welcome to the forum. 20 amp is mostly for 110v operation. 50 amp breakers are usually 220/230 volt operation.

Rogue, welcome to the forum.

No, it's correct.

I have a very similar machine, the Hobart Handler 210 MVP. It draws 20 A. on 120 V and 24 A. on 230/240 V. I have a dedicated 50 A. 240 V outlet that I wired for my stick welder so I just use that. I only tried it on 120 V once just for the heck of it and wasn't thrilled with the results.

I looked at the specs for this machine and see that the requirements are slightly less than mine. It calls for 15 A on 120 V and 14.7 A on 230 V. Bottom line, a 20 A 230/240 breaker is more than enough to support this machine.