spiritwalker
- spiritwalker
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I regularly weld 3/8 inch and better steel at 25.5 v and 355 ipm. I was wondering if changing the inductance settings will have the same effect at that voltage and wire speed. Thanks.
- Otto Nobedder
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The primary purpose of the inductance options are for selecting between short-circuit, globular transfer, and spray-arc welding.
The Lincoln CV305, for example, has two options, selected by where you attach the ground to the machine. The low-inductance setting is preferred for short-circuit GMAW. The high setting is for globular xfer and spray-arc. If your machine has an inductive mid-range, you can assume what the additional division is.
As long as the setting you're using matches the process you're doing, you won't get any improvement by changing. I have played with this on the CV-305. Moving to high-inductance (when I MIG, it's all short-circuit, as it's rarely flat), I found harder starts, with more spatter at the start, and a longer arc-stabilization time.
The info on the CV-305 comes from here:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Eq ... ct=K2400-1
The rest is personal experience.
Steve S
The Lincoln CV305, for example, has two options, selected by where you attach the ground to the machine. The low-inductance setting is preferred for short-circuit GMAW. The high setting is for globular xfer and spray-arc. If your machine has an inductive mid-range, you can assume what the additional division is.
As long as the setting you're using matches the process you're doing, you won't get any improvement by changing. I have played with this on the CV-305. Moving to high-inductance (when I MIG, it's all short-circuit, as it's rarely flat), I found harder starts, with more spatter at the start, and a longer arc-stabilization time.
The info on the CV-305 comes from here:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Eq ... ct=K2400-1
The rest is personal experience.
Steve S
