heat settings

[wheelerbuffy]

Can someone tell me in volts what the A,B,C,D,E heat settings stand for.
thanks

[tanglediver]

Do you have a cheap voltmeter?

[wheelerbuffy]

yes i do have one.

[tanglediver]

Before I suggest anything further, what machine do you have? OK, I answered my own question, it's a 180 T Lincoln, right? What does the manual tell you? It will be range from such and such to so and so...

...Ok a search turned up a range of 17-20 volts from the spec sheet on the machine. The settings are going to fall in that range. I don't know if I feel comfortable telling anyone to clamp a voltmeter test lead to the filler wire and pull the trigger, it may get your meter all melty like!

[Engloid]

They are:
Hot
Hotter
even Hotter
Hottest

[Jolly Roger]

It has been a long time since I looked at the manual on one of those but there may be a chart. It will probably give a range for each one. Length of stick out can be used to regulate it within the range to some extent. They won't give you an absolute because every machine is slightly different.

[DesertRider33]

...Ok a search turned up a range of 17-20 volts from the spec sheet on the machine. The settings are going to fall in that range. I don't know if I feel comfortable telling anyone to clamp a voltmeter test lead to the filler wire and pull the trigger, it may get your meter all melty like!Should be able to touch the test leads accross the - and + terminals inside the machine while welding without damaging the meter if it's set to DC volts in the 12v to 24v range.

If the voltage output range is 17-20 volts and there are 5 taps, sounds like each tap is about 3/4 of a volt increase, which would be 17, 17.75, 18.5, 19.25, and 20.