That title may be confusing. Basically I have a dryer plug right through the wall from my car port and I am wondering If the 220 dryer plug has enough juice to run this welder safely.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOBART-HANDLER-1...#ht_1418wt_958

My dryer breaker is a 40 amp, and looks like about 10 gauge wire.

Thanks for any input.

dont know what welder it is, but yes if it is on its own circut.

If its a 40A circuit it should be at least 8 gauge and will be plenty fot that welder

Hey thanks for the relies, that will save me a lot of work wiring a separate outlet.

As a Follow up which of these welders do will suit my needs better? I am not a great welder and have just picked up a 4 runner that I will be sasing and building sliders and bumpers.

I don't want to out grow the smaller one. But less money spent on the welder means more on my rig.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOBART-HANDLER-140-MIG-WELDER-NEW-500500-Free-Ship-/230474928406?cmd=ViewItem&pt=BI_Welders&hash=item35a9605116#ht_1659wt_958

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOBART-HANDLER-187-MIG-WELDER-W-CART-500527-/390082600062?cmd=ViewItem&pt=BI_Welders&hash=item5ad2bc1c7e#ht_4698wt_958

Consider the 140 useless for what you plan on doing. Go with the 187 AT LEAST. I would even say that you should save a little more and get the 210.

I was debating between the 187 and 210 before I got mine and I was told to go bigger then you think you will need and I am damn glad I did.

By the way, I paid under $800 for my HH210 brand new, so keep looking around. I got mine on clearance from cyberweld. Of course that didn't include a cart, but that is a great project to break the welder in

So back to my original question with regards to the Hobart 210 and my 40 amp

220 outlet. Will the outlet be adequate?

I do appreciate the feed back and am leaning towards the 210 if my current wiring can handle it

Yes the 210 only needs a 30 amp circuit

Thanks