Home wiring and plugging in a welder

Yep, I'll need to do a little googling for some of the terminology in that paragraph.

I appreciate the concern expressed by yourself and others here. My plan is to get my landlords' blessing before I make any changes to the service panel, but I want to know what the options are so I'll have a better idea what I'm talking about when I approach them. Since they plan to use this as their retirement home, I'm hoping to convince them of the virtue of having 220V power in the garage, and maybe even get them to pay for (or at least split) the cost.

Using the range outlet would be considerably less convenient than using the dryer outlet and would add 20 feet to the extension length (though it would give me another 20A). Using the dryer outlet, I can get by with a standard 6' dryer cord wired to an appropriate welder-type outlet.

Bert

If that's the case, whoever installed system wasn't aware of it, since one of the slots opposite the main is used for half of the range breaker. The one open slot is also opposite the main, but there's no "Do Not Remove" sticker.

Thanks. That sounds like a good option once I get motivated to do something more involved than using the existing dryer outlet.

At least that's one issue I don't have to worry about..

Bert.

Thanks for the links.

Bert

Lincoln AC 225 stick welder is what I have. It's a pretty common model; 220v @ 50 amps.

Intrepid