I have a mobi-arc 200x and have been using the stock alternator (117amp) until the alternator died recently. I took this as a good opportunity to upgrade and have been considering mean green. They produce 100amps at idle though. It occured to me that would prevent me from welding thinner material. I was thinking another option would be to go with 165amp alt, at idle it produces around 60amps with max 165amps at 1800 rpms.

I would appreciate a comment around this information from the guys who do welding. I am just wondering if the mean green is going to remove the versatility of my on board welder, or if 100amps+ is actually okay. What I don't necessarily understand, is if the amps produced from the alternator are the same as a what a buzz box produce? Is a setting on a buzz box of 90amps the same as if I have my alternator producing 90amps?

According to mobi-arc, there device can be used as a power source to drive the ready welder 2 without modification or the use of their modules. The concern was that the variation in voltage from the mobi-arc might exceed the ready welder 2, but apparently, the RW2 can handle of to 60 volts, which is well within the range of the mobi-arc. Just fyi.

Thanks,

ken

any thoughts? nobody cares, or nobody knows?

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hey sleepy.. I wouldent think it would matter if the alt pushes the 100 amp..
it would depend on the welding skill
on how fast you draw it .. or if you let it sit to long anything can burn through..

just think of it as a mig..
with no settings.. like mine.. and you will see that I can weld thick or thin depends on the speed of the arm..lol


just my .02

mike
btw did you do a search on that subject??
I have seen alot of difernt posts on this one..


laters