Car wash gearboxes round 3 with the ARCCAPTAIN TIG 200P and the Primeweld 225X TIG welders
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- What an adventure in TIG welding cast aluminum and learning about advantages and limitations of the ARCCAPTAIN TIG 200P & the Primeweld 225X.
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Great video, CB! I have a Primeweld MIG-285 and love it. A few months ago Primeweld came out with a TIG-325, which I’ve only heard good things about. You are correct about the super customer service with Primeweld. Some of the best I’ve ever experienced. They were easier to deal with than Miller was on My Multimatic 215, which they basically rebuilt with a new main circuit board and wind tunnel. They did me right but it took nearly a month to get it repaired and back to me. Thanks for sharing your honest experiences with PW and AC.
280V is actually high which is 16%. 240V service from your utility into a dwelling normally maxes at +5% (252V). As much as I want to blame the Arccaptain, the issue in my opinion in this case is the poor regulated output of the Trailbalzer. A genset regulates the voltage by adjusting the voltage in the stator coil rather and the output voltage directly. I checked the schematic of the Trailbrazer 302 and nothing immediately sticks out to check. I also checked the manual for the 240V tolerance and it’s not specified. Is it worth asking Miller if the large voltage swings are normal for a Trailblazer? Since both your Trailblazers do I guess it is.
On your friend going through gearboxes faster than a teenager goes through tissues, the gearbox company needs to revise the base with a tapered design. Or the carwash machine company needs to add a bottom arm because it looks like the gearboxes boxes are under a huge amount of side torque. Being a keyboard warrior I know 😉
It seems to me that Arc Captain might work with you to develop a voltage regulator to make their machine work on your device.
After welding for over 50 years of welding and using all the major welding equipment, PrimeWeld has got my company's welding equipment business because of the service they provide.
Right on
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Glad you enjoyed it
Taught myself on a 79.00 H.F. arc. Just bought an ARC captain arc 200. Like butter. Beautiful machine. I just try to learn something every day Your honest that what counts..
I will tell you another use for bees wax along time ago when I was a machinist we would use it for drill wax before drilling with the drill going stick the drill in the wax and while you are drilling the wax will melt and work just as well as oil.
That's a helluva idea! Thanks.
Thanks for the tech breakdown about the Arc Captain and the Miller. Interesting.
You bet
CB, I’m not familiar with the prime weld or the arc captain ,on my welders, I can turn the frequency up, I would weld that at about 200 hertz,If you can turn your frequency up, you’ll put a lot less heat into the part, Also a 25/75 mix of argon and helium really helps you weld aluminum much faster and it’ll come up to temperature much quicker. 👍
Those numbers are at no load
Great video CB- Really appreciated your explanation of the issue; at that voltage, it's a Trailblazer problem and not ArcCaptain.
While I generally prefer TIG, (& it was mentioned by someone else) you could also MIG 200 the aluminum mobile.
You should still give 4943 a chance on the cast....the increase in strength is notable.
Thanks for the info!
I’ve got a 2010 bobcat 225, I’m going to check the surge voltage today, you’ve got me curious.
I see a Miller welding machine certified tech on the net that I ask about it also if needed.
If I get new info I'll include it on the channel
CB
Check the rpm on your trailblazer if it is more than what it is suppose to be it will cause you to get more voltage or under voltage depending if it is high or low. I had that problem with mine when I hooked my dynasty 300 up to mine.
Okay thanks 👍
Fantastic job with another fantastic video. I just got my arc captain 200 in today very excited to run it. I'll definitely be interested to see how mine handles both ways on shop power and generator..
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Also, I ran my first set up with a generator and did a lot of research. Inverter welders either require an inverter generator or a boatload of power. Usually, you will need double the watts of whatever you're running if you're using a regular generator. The average running watts for a welder is 6000, so i bought a 13000 watt gen and had zero issues running two different inverter welders (primeweld mig 180 and HF 80 amp arc) and a Hynade inverter plasma. I think most generator/welders might do anout 9000 peak watts and if that's not clean, it won't carry an inverter welder.... for long. Some people say they have no problems with smaller generators but two months later they're wondering why the inverter is fried. Inverters are lightweight and great, but they have to have soooo much protection that's what takes up most of the circuit board. I hope some of this made sense.
I really dig “the break room breakdown” segment.
Glad ya liked it...I had to do that to keep the video from being too long...I had almost an hour of video where I was running back and forth plugging the ARCCAPTAIN into different power sources to see if it would run...but including that would have taken over the real video I was trying to make
Give 'em hell. Easier to design in the office than in the field...
What does miller say about the trailblazer spiking to 270?
That doesn’t sound good.
I didn't ask yet but I guess I should...I would bet that they won't offer much assistance simply because I'm asking about a machine that is 15 years old...but I'd guess they will clearly explain that if I go buy one of their new machines it won't do that.
Can't call them today...it's Sunday here now...maybe I could email somebody
It’s time for Future Speculators & frequent masturbators to place ur betcha so -blank- happens now tht the gear box mounting is indestructible. What is it tht going to go instead? I say nothing. I say customer is gonna come short of a full wash.
👍...well allllrighty then!!!...thanks for that
The welding you did in the car wash, you probably could have used the Arc Captain mig with aluminum wire.
Yep sure could...I prefer TIG on repair work but the MIG 200 would have scalded that together just fine
I don’t have a way to email you so I’ll ask on here.
What is the serial number of your trailblazer so I can look up the manual to see how you set the HZ and Rpm’s on your welder?
LKO20492Q
Seems to me that you need to get the miller fixed. Maybe new brushes or a capacitor or something
Nothing wrong with it…brushes are in spec and all components working correctly…nothing can be done that would guarantee that the ARCCAPTAIN would run off of it.
I got an email back from Miller about it and they have ran into this with many of the budget priced inverter machines…nothing can be done that will guarantee that you can run a budget price inverter off of the 240V outlet on a Trailblazer 302…no matter how you adjust anything
Still say fabricate a steel flange . Dosn't lokk like it wold take mch machining to get it done either. . Also a coupling with a shear pin to protect the gears.
Might not take much machining but it's more machining than I can do with what I have.
The extent of my machining is drilling holes with a drill press and it would take a little more machining than that I think
Another thing that marks good on aluminum and stainless is the silver streak pencil with the "red rider" insert.
I have one of those...haven't used it for a long time...kinda forgot about it really
Excelentes videos. Gracias
That serial number did not come up.
I believe the numbers should be between 61 and 62.5 Hz or 3675 and 3750 rpm’s.
Which engine do you have?
It tells in the manual how to set the Hz or rpm’s.
Kohler engine
And honestly I wouldn't try to adjust it...both my Trailblazers weld great and they both are capable of running my entire building as a generator....used them many times to run the whole place when power went out...Tina is gonna email Miller and see if we get an answer from them but I doubt I'll try to adjust anything.
If I need to take a TIG welder somewhere and run it off the Trailblazer I know I can use the Primeweld.
I wouldn’t adjust it unless the Hz was way out of spec, maybe miller will know something.
I checked my bobcat yesterday and it’s running 62.5 hz and 242 volts, I didn’t see a spike but didn’t throw a big load on it, just checked from idle to weld speed.
Man, I look forward to your videos because i learn at least 5 lessons per video. I use a yellow paint marker from HF and it's ok, but i always scribe over whatever I'm using with my razor blade knife. I don't normally cut anything with the tip of my knife so it works out. I noticed you have a Kobalt bucket bag.. i love those things! I have two buckets set up as what i call "fvckit buckets", so when i have a small job that doesn't require the trailer, i just grab the buckets and say: "fvckit, let's go".😂 Aluminum is great for trailers and truck beds but when it comes to friction and heat, I'm not a fan.
That bucket bag of mine is actually not welding tools either its my home repair and remodeling stuff...I have a tool bag from HF full of that kind of stuff too...need to get another tool bag because my home repair stuff is overflowing the bucket and the bag
I'm remodeling a house I own in Virginia also so that bag & bucket got alot of miles on them from the 13 trips I've made over the mountains to work on that house...no telling when I'll get that done
@@NBSWELDING Is that the house you took a trip down memory lane to? It sure is easy to overflow a tool bag. One day brother, I'll have a shoo and I'll remember all these lessons. Lesson 1: stay away from car washes.😆
beeswax works but WD 40 does as well and most people have the WD 40 handy
I won't use oil on aluminum that I'm gonna weld...the beeswax doesn't contaminate
@@NBSWELDING That's a good point. I'm surprised the beeswax doesn't contaminate but the oil does. Either way I normally wipe down with acetone before welding. Maybe I'll have to try beeswax.
CB, my question is, the weak point was the cast corners what is going to break now that those are stronger? I’m sure the gearboxes have a shear pin. Great video, I appreciate the honesty, and I really enjoy the content. Thank you sir.
The horizontal mounts go next as shown at 17:18.
Episode 4: CB re-enforces arm mounting for car wash.
Episode 5: CB re-enforces car wash base mounts.
6 o'clock news: "Car wash destroys truck."
Love your videos :)
My Buddy that owns it has a plan...The plan now is to work with the car wash technician that comes to service it regularly and see if he can turn the amps down on those motors....the car was has the ability to shut itself down when there is a problem but in the case with these brushes it's just not shutting off soon enough
@@NBSWELDING , thank you for the response. That makes sense. At our car wash, I always have to make sure nothing is in the bed of my truck, and I have to pull my hitch. They had problems with the brushes getting tangled in people’s hitches.
Kids crayons 🖍 work also for sanding disks
Good tip...wonder how that compares in cost to beeswax?...I'll check it out before I buy anymore...the beeswax blocks are thicker and bigger than crayons so I'd say that's an advantage in lasting longer per piece...hafta check cost per weight...also wonder of ya get any contamination from the dyes in the colored crayons?...I know I've never had contamination from beeswax
@NBSWELDING not sure on contamination....we were just dressing up welds after welding
I seem to remember someone cooked his Tig torch on his Prime weld because the torch was only rated for 150 amps on a 225 amp machine and Prime weld told you to bad you fried it to go to their web site and buy a new one … you seem to have completely forgiven them for selling you a machine with an under rated torch … that would have been the end of Prime weld for me… your a better man than me 😊
Dunno...the CK17 torch they put on the 225X is a good torch...I was pissed about it being underrated for the machine but for 99.9% of what people are gonna use the 225X for it probably is the best choice....the bigger WP26 torch that is rated higher is really heavy and cumbersome in comparison to that CK17....like another guy said "A 26 torch feels like your holding a claw hammer"
Yea...I forgive Primeweld...they are a great company with great customer service....ARCCAPTAIN is too...and we are seeing they each have some advantages and disadvantages
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Did you have it on low idle trying to run it cause I tried to run my miller multimatic 200 on low idle on my Lincoln 330 MPX, and it would not run unless I started out in high idle
No it was on fast idle
Where do you get your drill bit and what brand are they I been looking for some good bits at an affordable price
I have all kinds of bits and different brands...most of them are Black & Decker
There seems to be absolutely no reason why you couldn't add a 1/4" plate to the bottom instead of the eighth inch. The .25" plate would be alot stronger and wouldn't affect anything with the brushes - besides raising them a 1/4" vs an 1/8". Just an idea. I think you got it fixed fer good now tho!👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻🦺🤔⚡💥💨🛠️🔧🔩📏📐🗜️⛓️
Surprised you didn't just tap into a 220V\240V line at the car wash, somewhere. I would've just went right to a junction box\spot and used their 220 line. I'm sure some of those motors are 220V, aren't they? 🤔👍🏻🔌🔋⚡⚠️
When the shaft goes up it gets harder to put the bolts in that hold the brushes on...not sure if we could go another 1/8" or not...I think they are strong enough now that something else will get messed up so I dunno if we should go much stronger
No I think all that stuff is 3 phase...but we could still add a 240 single phase...probably won't
From now on I'll just take the Primeweld 225X and plug that into the Trailblazer 302...nice to have the Tigbutton it's got on it because it's better if I gotta stand on a ladder and work