[AT] Getting water out/ RVing breakdowns.

[Stephen Offiler]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com> wrote:

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> No different than DC stick welding. I thought about this a bit when I
> used to do the "please help me I'm stranded" routine with the family in
> the early 90's. I bought a spool gun. Rigged it with flux core wire and
> added longer cables. Wrapped in bubble wrap it would tuck into one of
> the old style rounded helmets. Tossed it into a duffel bag with a couple
> wire brushes and some flat stock. Used 1 battery and would weld pretty
> well. Mentioned it a few times in different places.
> Lo and behold a couple years later...  you could buy:
> http://readywelder.com/


Well, I see a difference.  Wire-feed welding generally won't create short
circuits.  Whereas, stick welding can, if you accidentally lose the arc and
weld the stick to the work.  The battery won't be real happy about the
dead-short thus created.

SO