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I asked a Miller representative the same question about the Maxstar 150S and they said that "because the machine would sense the voltage difference, it wouldn't work and would return an error code." I can imagine that it wouldn't be ideal, but I don't have complete faith in that baseless...

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Actually, pure antifreeze freezes at a higher temperature than mixed antifreeze (which freezes at a temperature lower than both constituent liquids). This is true for both automotive antifreeze and tig cooler antifreeze (don't use auto antifreeze in your cooler in any amount or concentration). The...

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I haven't said anything for a while. I really want to know if anyone has more experience with paralleling. I talked to the Miller guys and they didn't have a whole lot of information. Has anyone modified a pedal to control two tigs?

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There are two hot wires and a neutral wire to worry about in most residential systems. It's only one phase, but the two hots are 180 degrees out-of-phase, so the two 110v lines are 220v apart. Do you understand how a sine wave moves?

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That's why I'm asking. I know it could be a bad idea, I just wanted to know if anyone had tried it before.

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No. Three-phase is three-phase. I'm speaking of combining opposite phases of of single phase power. This is exactly how everyone else gets 220v, but I'm just trying to do it by linking power from 110v sockets.

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Has anyone run machines in parallel before? How would you hook up a remote? A Y-splitter? Any special precautions or adapters? Do the machines have to be the same? Running on the same output settings?

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That's basically what I was planning to do, but I wanted a little more security. I was going to wire a microchip with a comparator, two 30A relays, parts of two of these http://www.professionalequipment.com...qx/default.htm
(I need to test if the hot and neutral...

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You can parallel machines? You mean if I bought two inverters and hooked their outputs together, I could double the output? I would think there would be problems with that...

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Isn't it usually advantageous to use two different phases in your house to balance loads? I would imagine that with luck and a long (and thick) enough extension cord, I should be able to find opposite phases. Making my own from eight-gauge wire might solve distance problems.

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Did you see my first post? They designed a product specifically for that purpose. 220 is simply two 110v lines with phases opposite each other, so that concept is sound. The question is, would this work with a welder? Since some run at 110v, you would expect that using 220 would lighten the load...

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I hope you weld better than you spell!...

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Topic still needs a good resource

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I thanked you didn't I?

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Thanks, but nobody answered my question about the CST 250.