[Farmall] Auto Darkening Welding Helmets

[Dunstan, Robert]

I bought one of these and mostly it works very well.  However, the solar
powered version has one rather bad fault - that is when you weld in a
dark area or at night, you get a bit of a flash before it darkens.
Don't know if this is really bad, but I avoid using the helmet at those
times.  In the daylight its nearly as good as sliced bread.

-rad 

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Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:36 AM
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Subject: [Farmall] Auto Darkening Welding Helmets

 Hi Guys and Guyettes

Recent Harbor Freight catalogs have had listings for auto darkening
welding 
helmets as low as $50.

http://order.harborfreight.com:80/EasyAsk/harborfreight/results.jsp?ts=T
ue%20N
ov%2023%2006:13:18%20PST%202004

shows 12 such helmets (if that doesn't work, go to harborfreight.com and

search for

auto welding helmet

in keywords.

Does anyone have any experience with these things? Are they as good as
the 
sound like they should be?

And pitfalls? Advantages of Solar powered ones over non solar? I"m
presuming 
they have a battery in them, and the solar powered ones get auto
recharged and 
the others need the batteries changed?

Thanks

Roger
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