Gents (and Ladies),
I am an Air Force Officer and we move every 3 years like clock work. I have exactly 3 tools that are 220 for my home hobby shop and they are my MM252 Mig, Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma cutter, and a Quincy 5hp 60 Gal Air Compressor. We are moving into our new home in a couple of weeks at my next duty station and the electrician is quoting $2500 or more to run the electrical into the garage. We have plenty of 110 outlets so I only need power for the 3 mentioned tools
I don't think his price in unfair but we will move again in 3 years and I'm wondering if i shouldn't invest in a generator instead of the electrical. I have 12 years left before i plan to retire and inevitably we are going to have to rent at some point. I don't want to keep having to have electrical ran every 3 years. Do any of you have recommendations on a generator that would suffice?
I talked to the tech guys at Cyberweld and they said my MM252 would need a generator of at least 14K watts for full capacity. I doubt I'll ever run it at full capacity but i don't want to buy something too small either. I know it would be inconvenient having to start a gen set every time i want to start welding but I'm willing to instead of upgrading electrical every 3 years. At least then i have a gen set that can be used in case of power outage, or building projects around our acreage.
Recommendations??
I am an Air Force Officer and we move every 3 years like clock work. I have exactly 3 tools that are 220 for my home hobby shop and they are my MM252 Mig, Hypertherm Powermax 45 Plasma cutter, and a Quincy 5hp 60 Gal Air Compressor. We are moving into our new home in a couple of weeks at my next duty station and the electrician is quoting $2500 or more to run the electrical into the garage. We have plenty of 110 outlets so I only need power for the 3 mentioned tools
I don't think his price in unfair but we will move again in 3 years and I'm wondering if i shouldn't invest in a generator instead of the electrical. I have 12 years left before i plan to retire and inevitably we are going to have to rent at some point. I don't want to keep having to have electrical ran every 3 years. Do any of you have recommendations on a generator that would suffice?
I talked to the tech guys at Cyberweld and they said my MM252 would need a generator of at least 14K watts for full capacity. I doubt I'll ever run it at full capacity but i don't want to buy something too small either. I know it would be inconvenient having to start a gen set every time i want to start welding but I'm willing to instead of upgrading electrical every 3 years. At least then i have a gen set that can be used in case of power outage, or building projects around our acreage.
Recommendations??
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