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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">There are DC welders designed for use by off-road enthusiasts that would fit the bill or maybe give you more ideas.<BR><BR>Good luck!<BR>Glenn Burt </DIV></DIV>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:habitek83@yahoo.com">Tom DeBates</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">11/23/2013 8:49</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><A href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">[RE-wrenches] DC arc welder?</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; COLOR: #000; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff">Hello Wrenches,<BR> Recently, while working overseas, we were asked by a welder we employed if we could make a "solar welder" for him. So, not wanting to dismiss his request, my initial thought was to eliminate an inverter and welder for cost and efficiency reasons and weld directly from a battery bank. I have done some homework on this and it seems as though it may be feasible. There is a YouTube video of a guy doing this with 3, 12 volt batteries in series. This would be stick welding only and rod of ~ 3/32". There would be some details to work through, but the biggest one seems to be a means to limit current to the electrode. Has anyone attempted this and/or know of a means to limit the current to the rod?<BR>Thank you,<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN></SPAN>Tom DeBates<BR></DIV>
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