Ready Welder?

I learned that I could operate the RW on CV from one of the posts in this thread. When I was told that, I no longer cared about that darned adapter! :)

Thanks for the o-r>

As for the tip being hot all the time, if your welder has a remote control port and you're too cheap to buy the official remote control, the group archives have the info you need to put a switch on it (and a potentiometer to remote the main current/voltage dial as well, if you like) for _much_ less money than the factory version (the connector or wire will be the most expensive part.) A very simple soldering project.

Just like Ready Welder, Ernie: I signed up to get an account on their forum days ago.

So far, all I've received is this note: "Your account is currently inactive, the administrator of the board will need to activate it before you can log in. You will receive another email when this has occurred."

Maybe >

This group, not a readywelder group or forum or whatever. The braindead yet still beats nothing Google replacement for dejanews (which was nice.) Which, as I recall, you need to access from somewhere other than work - drop by the local library, perhaps. Google advanced groups search, as I recall you have a Lincoln - there's more about Miller remotes, and then some stuff about Lincoln remotes showed up as well.

If you have a 6-pin Amphenol connector for remote control, the pins all have letters - ABCDEF:

ABC are remote control, one end of potentiometer, wiper, other end of potentiometer, respectively. Some debate on Linear .vs. Log pot. Either

DE are contactor, closing the switch turns welding on, opening it turns welding off, and it need not be a hefty switch (only sending a control signal).

F is ground.