210 extension cord

[RFR2212]

So I have a Hobart Handler 175 and tried to check their site to compare with northern tool...

I'm looking for an extension cord. My 220 is at a great spot, I just have a garage with 2 doors and to get the dually in is work and the trailer wont fit in. If I had a 20ft extension, I could weld in my driveway. Where can I get a cord like this? I couldn't match up anything at northern tool


Thanks guys.

[FORYOURRIDE]

i use a 25' extension with my Lincoln 155 and my plasma sv40 and is going just fine

[Big91RustyBucket]

Make your own it isn't that hard. I did mine.

[Todd W]

Welding or RV store.

[X-Rated]

I went to a wedling store and bought 100 feet of 6 or 8 awg 3 wire, and then put ends on it, works perfect

[Gummi Bear]

You can make your own: some SO cord, cord caps and a little time. I don't buy cord ends or receptacles from the local hardware, because they're home owner grade junk. I go to the electrical supply, and buy industrial grade, which cost a good bit more, for the durability.


Or, you can buy one for pretty close to the same price:

http://store.cyberweld.com/230voexco25.html

[oldjeep]

Menards sells the cord ends for about $8 a piece, plus 25 ft of cord. Cost about $40 total at the time. Works fine on my Hobart 180 and Cutmaster

[Travis Waldher]

You can make your own: some SO cord, cord caps and a little time. I don't buy cord ends or receptacles from the local hardware, because they're home owner grade junk. I go to the electrical supply, and buy industrial grade, which cost a good bit more, for the durability.


Or, you can buy one for pretty close to the same price:

http://store.cyberweld.com/230voexco25.html

Last time I did that I found no appreciable difference with the 6-50R or 14-50R. At least not anywhere near as much as I found between the 5-20R residential and industrial.

Well, I did get to pay more.

[Aces'n'8s]

Last time I did that I found no appreciable difference with the 6-50R or 14-50R. At least not anywhere near as much as I found between the 5-20R residential and industrial.

Well, I did get to pay more.

Sometimes the difference between residential and industrial/commercial electrical hardware like receptacles and male plugs are negligible....other times, the better quality in I/C is immediately apparent.

I know some Home Depot/Lowes 220v receptacles offered just a hair of thread surface for torquing the leads down. Last thing anyone wants is a loose 220v connection...especially under load. Meanwhile, an electrical house had some I/C rated receptacles which had threads that let you cinch them down till the copper juice ran out.

[vanguard_anon]

When I was in your shoes I went to home depot, lowes, ace hardware, etc. and couldn't find the parts I needed. IIRC, HD and lowes could do the wire and one end of the cord but not the other.

I ended up pickup up a 25' cord from ebay and I'm happy.

[D60]

Yep, I got my 25' extension cord on Ebay. The cool thing about production cords is the molded ends, which aren't necessary but are slick IMO. The cost was quite reasonable I thought, but I haven't priced 'em recently.

[u2slow]

For that length, and that machine, #12/3 cord should do fine.

[CJHeap]

If you go on Ebay, look at RV cords and change one end.

[u2slow]

If you go on Ebay, look at RV cords and change one end.

Huh? Which end? Standard RV cords have 120V-30A connections on each end.

[CJHeap]

Huh? Which end? Standard RV cords have 120V-30A connections on each end.

Not the same female end.

[oldjeep]

Not the same female end.

Probabally one like this:
http://www.lwws.com/shop/wires-amp-extension-cord-pi-95.html?image=0&osCsid=79e99408ad2870ff24b9d7224a4cc6f2

https://www.lwws.com/shop/wires-amp-extension-cord-p-95.html?osCsid=79e99408ad2870ff24b9d7224a4cc6f2

[section525]

I picked this one up from my local Welding Supply store a couple years ago. Been great. Only about $80 I believe.