[Rog02]

I have a Dial Arc 250 HF living quite comfortably on a 60 amp circuit breaker. I have run up to 250 amps output and never have tripped it. As for the power factor correction? Mine doesn't have it and it is not needed as the major draw back to these old machines is the noise of the cooling fan , It works great while welding but makes about as much noise as a small airplane on a full power run up. I turn the welder off when not welding. The old machine is about as simple as dirt and rugged as a rock with little to fail and if it should need service, parts are readily available and actually quite reasonably priced.

As others have pointed out Dial Arc and portable are mutually opposite terms!

There is about $500 worth of copper in the machine at today's scrap prices so you probably couldn't lose anything on it.