Any experience with this foot control?

[drscotch]

Hi,

Making my final list of Dynasty 200DX accessories. I'm struggling a little with the $200+ plastic (but heavy duty) 14pin Miller pedal. Anyone try one of these:

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11774&item=3854813 231&rd=1

Any reliability/durability issues with the Miller RFCS-14HD?

Thanks

[fun4now]

Miller RFCS-14HD

have herd good things about the HD and it is defenetly werth a few bucks more to go from the standerd RFCS-14 up to the RFCS-14HD.

as for the 1 you found on e-bay it looks like it's about $90.00 less than the HD it would depend on how often you intend to use it. as a home hobbiest it might be werth saving the $90.00, you could get a torch with that i would check to see if they offer a warentee befor jumping on it.

p.s. if you get the 1 on e-bay give us a quality report when you get it.

[Mike W]

The price of these is kind of high for a variable resistor and a switch. I think it is like the $500 toilet seat in a airplane. The whole plane costs so much that the toilet seat is just a drop in the bucket. I made my own foot control.

[wrench3047]

How did you make it? I'm curious how it's setup. After a while I would like to put stuff like that together, also if I ever have a problem with one I would like alittle information on what I'm looking at. Maybe you could post a schematic and or some pic of the insides. thanks

[Mike W]

Here is a couple of pictures:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v110/tek798/Welding/

[wrench3047]

thanks, the way you made it does it wire in where the orginal controller went or you wired it in?

[Mike W]

It did not have another one. I started from scratch with the scr setup. R4 on the schematic is the variable resistor in the foot control. The switch is used to trigger the high freq box.

[wrench3047]

cool, if you don't mind me asking how much would that pedal cost if I bought the parts today.

[Mike W]

There is a guy on the Hobart board that just bought some scr's for $7.50 I think. Once you have those, the rest of the parts are very cheap, a few bucks.

[wrench3047]

It makes me wonder why the manufactered ones are so expensive. Are they setup the same way, or are they solidstate. It was covered before in a post but i don't remember.

[Mike W]

Just a variable resistor and a switch.

[aphexafx]

Yah! That was my gripe a week or so ago. And consider this: The foot pedal costs, what, $200US. And the Coolmate3 costs $500US? There is a HUGE difference in the complexity and components for the two, more than 1-1/2 times the difference, I think. So either the Coolmate3 is a HUGE deal, or the foot pedal is VERY MUCH NOT A HUGE deal. Hmm. OK, last time I mention it...

I have an old CryBaby Wah-Wah pedal...maybe I could convert it...

[Paul Seaman]

One reason for the cost is that when you make it you fix it when you buy it you expect warranty! I have seen a couple failures due to being dropped, the interior components are still delicate electronics.

Peace,

[aphexafx]

One reason for the cost is that when you make it you fix it when you buy it you expect warranty!

Well, that's true. And you know, having a warranty on a part that belongs on the floor and is stepped on by nature of it's function is pretty cool. Well, there you go! That's an excellent point.

[cruizer]

Hey, I thought you were going to buy one of mine. $150 bucks canadian just saved you $150+ bucks more....