a regulator question ... freeze-up

Readership ,

Just 'now' getting my new MIG set up , . I'm somewhat a novice MIG welder , . just discovered my regulator is an Argon/CO2 regulator . and, . my tank & adaptor are plain-old CO2 . ;_(

Useage is 'utility' welding , dont really need 'pretty'.

Not really excited about buying . a new CO2 regulator , or . an Argon/CO2 tank & fill-up.

?How? can I =avoid= freeze_up , using 'CO2' with my Argon/CO2 regulator ???

?? Will an aluminum heat-sink , applied to the regulator body, help ???

?? Or, just go slow/stop when the regulator body gets cold ???

Thanks, Ed .

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If you start to get moisture on the regulator then hang a trouble light on it. You have to be consuming quite a steady flow of carbon dioxide before you will see frost on the regulator. Randy

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Thanks muchly, Randy . Sounds like the solution to the potential of a freeze-up.

Ed

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