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How to determine Amps on an Arc Welder

Salkeld_Farms
18 years ago

Title says it all, well mostly.

I have a Arc 180 from Harbor Freight that I picked up for free. I downloaded the instruction manual from the site and have run a few sticks on it and it works fine. Only problem is that it was dropped (my guess is a couple times from looking at the case) and the actual variable gauge you use to determine amperage is all jacked up and doesn't really work.

So, my question is, without harming myself in the process, is there a way to use a multimeter to determine the actual dialed amperage?

Thanks - Craig

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