Duty Cycle for Dummies | MIG Monday

Good video! My students is learning. Sorry, bad joke. Seriously I am watching this with junior welders and it's very helpful.

Nice video, not too long and not too short straight to the point.

You just saved my ass for a test thank you sir.

I'm like a welding machine.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays my duty cycle is 100% provided i don't have to do anything.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays my cycle drops to 10% because I'm over worked.

Think of it this way...How long can you run on foot at full speed before you need to stop and rest? That's your duty cycle. If you just jog, you can run longer. See? Easy. ✌️👽

My shops machine, on a long weld will start sputtering. A quick reset of the trigger usually clears it.
I am guessing this is due to me getting close to the duty cycle.???

Thank you Paul now i understand :)

Thanks clear as water :)

paul is my favorite

Thanks foe you time very much appreciated

Thank You!!!!

I see now! I never understood what a 60% duty cycle meant on my everlast welder

Great exclamation thanks. 👍🏻👍🏻

If welding at 60% duty cycle which as stated is for a period of about 6min......how long should one wait for the machine to cool down before starting to weld again to achieve another estimated 6min welding?

Thanks Paul!

would it be benificial to blow a big ass fan on my machine to help keep its insides cool, assuming a face it in a way that it blows into the vent that go into the machine?

Very good advice. I'm lucky I found out about welder duty cycles before I bought my welder. I found out that "bargain" welder I was about to buy had a duty cycle of only 20%. Bought an everlast with a duty cycle of 60% at max and 100% at one step down. Didn't look back.

Thank you God bless

Thanks I learned something ,before I buy my first mig

RTFM

por favor en español.

Add to that what to do when your machine hits it's thermal overload...the machine will not shut off, it will simply stop welding. Newer machines have a thermal overload indicator light whereas older ones may now. When this happens, leave the machine on to allow the fan to continue to cool the guts of your machine as opposed to hitting the off switch. On a hot summer day in coastal Texas for example, you could always put an additional fan in front of your machine to help with this. The duty cycle is also an estimate and not exact. Again, on a hot summer day in coastal Texas, your machine may hit its thermal overload much sooner.