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Originally Posted by mrcubcadet
To do a little wire welding in the shop, I ordered a Harbor Freight 90 amp flux wire welder. http://www.harborfreight.com/90-amp-...der-68887.html
I would have went for a little bigger welder, but we only have 110V standard house-hold plugs in our shop. Anything that this welder won't do, I can use the 220V stick welder at our other farm. 
Now, after watching some YouTube videos on this welder, I have a worry that our power in the shop will not be enough for the 120V this needs (in the description). Other places, I have read that 110V, 115V, and 120V are all the same, you just might need a different amp breaker. Is this true?  |
110-125V is a range that it will operate on.
This is normal home voltages.
You
will need a 20 amp duplex receptacle, 20A.breaker with 12 gauge wire from the fuse/breaker box to wall plug/receptacle, to run it @ full amp output.
A 15 amp circuit will not be suffice @ full load and it would be advisable that it is the only device operating on the circuit at one time, or the circuit will be overloaded.
It would be possible to operate it with a 15 amp circuit but only in the lower amp outputs as higher amprage will cause the breaker to do it's job and open the circuit or "blow" the breaker as it sometimes said.
it is always better to have excess amperage available than too little.