Lincoln 175 hd

[HotRodTroy]

Hey all,
I have a question about the 175 hd I picked up. I plugged it in and when I hit the trigger I got about an inch of wire before the breaker popped. I haven't gotten into whether or not it's wired for 208 or 230. My circuit is 2ph 230v on a 30A breaker. The breaker I ook out of the welder is 208/230v 25A. Does anybody have an idea of what I should be looking for?
Thanks,
Troy

[soutthpaw]

I very much doubt you have 2 phase power, its single phase or 3 phase. the 175 is a single phase only machine so don't hook it up to a 3 phase system

[HotRodTroy]

Originally Posted by soutthpaw

I very much doubt you have 2 phase power, its single phase or 3 phase. the 175 is a single phase only machine so don't hook it up to a 3 phase system

Two hots equal two phases each carrying 115v. Therefore I do have two phase power and you will never find 3ph power in a residents unless it was specially installed by the electric company and the owner payed for it. Thanks for playing.

I beleive I found the problem. The PO had the 208v wire marked H3 tied to the chassis ground. I will check it out tomorrow.

[duaneb55]

I hope you found the problem with the unit HRT but you do NOT have 2 phase power as southpaw stated. 230v is merely using the two 115v hot legs on the opposite cycles of single phase power which does NOT make it 2 phase. I know it's easy to think so but that's not the case.

[Sandy]

It's three wire single phase, commonly called 'split phase'.

[HotRodTroy]

We'll see if I got the writing straightened out tomorrow.

[HotRodTroy]

Got it! Thanks for the replys. I appologize for misspeaking, I should have said 2 pole. Also, @Southpaw, sorry for being a smart *** but I was asking about the welder and not weather I had the correct wording in my post. BTW, we live only a couple of miles apart, I am in Security.
Thanks again,
Troy