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Posted by Shadowland on August 3, 2007, 3:02 pm
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Use battery cables to hook two car battery in series, yielding 24
volts...
then a battery cable clamped to the work, and another holding your
welding stick.
Enough juice to temp repair a broken tie rod when you're out in the
middle of the Nevada desert ?
I don't know but it's either that or you're coyote morsel.
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Posted by Leo Lichtman on August 3, 2007, 4:32 pm
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"Shadowland" wrote: Use battery cables to hook two car battery in series,
yielding 24 volts...(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You will need two batteries. In the middle of the Nevada desert you may
wait a long time for another care to come along, and then you have to
persuade this stranger, if he stops at all, to let you borrow his battery.
But I feel secure--I carry one of those portable jump-start compressor
combos. That ought to work.
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Posted by Curt Welch on August 3, 2007, 6:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Use battery cables to hook two car battery in series, yielding 24
> volts...
> then a battery cable clamped to the work, and another holding your
> welding stick.
>
> Enough juice to temp repair a broken tie rod when you're out in the
> middle of the Nevada desert ?
> I don't know but it's either that or you're coyote morsel.
It is interesting to know that if you have a couple of cars and some jumper
cables and some sort of wire to use as an electrode (like a coat hanger)
that you could actually do some emergency welding in the middle of nowhere.
Did you know you can actually buy a mig welding system designed to run off
of batteries?
http://www.readywelder.com/10000.htm
Keep one of those kits in your trunk and you will really be ready for an
emergency.
--
Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
curt@kcwc.com http://NewsReader.Com/
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Posted by Leo Lichtman on August 3, 2007, 7:53 pm
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"Curt Welch" wrote: It is interesting to know that if you have a couple of
cars and some jumper cables and some sort of wire to use as an electrode
(like a coat hanger) that you could actually do some emergency welding
(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have done a lot of oxy-acetylene welding with coat hangers, but I don't
think it will do arc welding.
The Ready Welder link does not list the price, but, as I recall, they're not
cheap.
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Posted by Ernie Leimkuhler on August 4, 2007, 2:08 am
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> "Curt Welch" wrote: It is interesting to know that if you have a couple of
> cars and some jumper cables and some sort of wire to use as an electrode
> (like a coat hanger) that you could actually do some emergency welding
> (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I have done a lot of oxy-acetylene welding with coat hangers, but I don't
> think it will do arc welding.
>
Wrap the coat-hanger in newspaper and you get a rudimentary cellulosic
electrode.
> The Ready Welder link does not list the price, but, as I recall, they're not
> cheap.
Around $450.
I have had one for 4 years.
Great machine.
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> volts...
> then a battery cable clamped to the work, and another holding your
> welding stick.
>
> Enough juice to temp repair a broken tie rod when you're out in the
> middle of the Nevada desert ?
> I don't know but it's either that or you're coyote morsel.