Hi everyone, this is my first post. I'm a welder from Canada, working in Calgary. I've recently purchased a Big Blue engine driven welder, and am eager to put it to work for me. So here's the question...When I was an apprentice, I worked with a rig welder who told me that he had wired his Big Blue in to 3 phase 480V service at a construction site he contracted at thus eliminating the need to burn fuel, but still being able to weld with it. Was he full of crap, or is there some truth to this? I tried to google it, but this is pretty specific and i figured that this would be the best place to find an answer.
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Can I wire an engine driven welder in to 3 phase?
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Originally posted by cruizer View PostGuy probably told you to check the spark plug gap on your diesel too. Get real, your making us Canadians look stupid....
The only unit that could be hooked into shop power was the pipepro304, and 230 shop power only.
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Originally posted by Timbo23 View PostHey dude, no need to be a **** about it. It was a simple question, and here's the answer i was looking for, provided by you. I don't need to use my big blue in this manner, but i was just checking to see if it was an option. Thanks.
In the case of your Big Blue engine drive, the engine turns a generator that produces the electrical power to weld with. It's not like it has a generator that powers a separate built in electric welding machine. So the guy that told you this was pulling your leg. So go ahead and wire your machine into 3 phase power and see what happens and let us know how it worked out.
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Timbo...
put some salve on it...
no point in trying to kill the messenger...
why go after Cruizer..??
go after the guy that was blowing smoke up your dress... so you could let the smoke out of your welder...
Better yet... Download and READ the manual for your welder... then you will know better
or....Maybe you are in the market for a bucket of "prop wash" or some "radar paint"...too..??Last edited by H80N; 08-24-2014, 12:34 PM..
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Turns out it was the pipepro 304 he was talking about. It's an awesome feature, IMO, makes an already diverse machine even more capable. I own a big blue pipe pro 350, and i erroneously presumed that miller would make this option available to every machine in the series. Thanks to all those that contributed worthwhile information to this thread (cruizer).Last edited by Timbo23; 08-24-2014, 06:03 PM.
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Originally posted by Timbo23 View PostTurns out it was the big blue 304 he was talking about.
edit: the Commanders do NOT have the plug-in option, but for the reliability, I have no problems buying diesel fuel or listening to the engine run.Last edited by JSFAB; 08-24-2014, 04:42 PM.Obviously, I'm just a hack-artist, you shouldn't be listening to anything I say .....
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simple.....
Originally posted by Timbo23 View PostTurns out it was the big blue 304 he was talking about. It's an awesome feature, IMO, makes an already diverse machine even more capable. I own a big blue pipe pro 350, and i erroneously presumed that miller would make this option available to every machine in the series. Thanks to all those that contributed worthwhile information to this thread (cruizer).
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Originally posted by Timbo23 View PostTurns out it was the pipepro 304 he was talking about. It's an awesome feature, IMO, makes an already diverse machine even more capable. I own a big blue pipe pro 350, and i erroneously presumed that miller would make this option available to every machine in the series. Thanks to all those that contributed worthwhile information to this thread (cruizer).
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