just bought a new welder

[Sqweaka]

second hand cebora autostar 180 anyone know anything about the make, any good or just a cheapy?

[nick69]

Cebora are a reasonable make for sure.

[langysrodshop]

Good quality welders for sure, My Stag 196 is capable of all i need to do and is 15 years old without ever needing attention.

[Sqweaka]

does anyone know if it will be ok to run this welder of a b40 MCB same as my cooker is on?
or will that be to much!

[mrquickwhip]

i used to work for edmunds walker motor factors and got my cebora mig welder there. cebora supply snap-on who then put their own labels/logo on.

[langysrodshop]

I've run my stag 196 off a 13amp plug for 15 years, never blown a fuse yet.


does anyone know if it will be ok to run this welder of a b40 MCB same as my cooker is on?
or will that be to much!

[Blackjack]

I run my on a 30 amp cooker circuit - had it fitted when I had the garage wired up. Garage has its own consumer unit and RCD.

[gettinonabitmore]

My 180 is ran off an 20' extension lead out of the kitchen (not cooker circuit, normal double socket in wall...), no problems....

[leepop633]

I was told if your gona use anything more than 130amp then it needs to be on a 30amp supply. Also you only get out of the welder what power you put in. Even though you may have a 190 amp welder, if its on a 13amp plug then you wont even be getting 120amps. Just what i was told off an electrician and no he didnt do the wiring in my garage to get business, lol.

[chaley]

I had a cebora 180, a good welder, until the roof leaked into it! I ran it on a 3pin for years and it worked pretty well, a mate used it and said it was not a patch on his one, so we put a 32 amp socket in the kitchen and ran it through that and it was a much better welder even on the lower settings, I couldn't believe what a difference it made.
Chaley

[Sqweaka]

so can i take a short sper out of the back of the cooker (dont all cringe at once) fit one of the round blue 32amp rated plugs to it, make up an extention lead with same pluggs. then when i want to use the welder chuck the cable out the kitchen window
the cooker is on a 40 mcb!

[crusty]

so can i take a short sper out of the back of the cooker (dont all cringe at once) fit one of the round blue 32amp rated plugs to it, make up an extention lead with same pluggs. then when i want to use the welder chuck the cable out the kitchen window
the cooker is on a 40 mcb!

I'm pretty sure you can't/aren't allowed to do that, as the cooker is supposed to have a dedicated line all to itself from the fuse board, although bear in mind I'm not a sparky.

[chaley]

so can i take a short sper out of the back of the cooker (dont all cringe at once) fit one of the round blue 32amp rated plugs to it, make up an extention lead with same pluggs. then when i want to use the welder chuck the cable out the kitchen window
the cooker is on a 40 mcb!
I sort of did that:o ,but I had a gas cooker so went straight out of the socket.
Chaley

[Sqweaka]

My thinking was that I could have my tea first then when finished with the cooker do some welding so only one was on at a time...lol

To be honest I won’t be doing much welding anyway at the moment, but would like it set up for use if I needed too

Once the garage is built I won’t need the cooker supply and it will be disconnected

[Sqweaka]

thanks guy's bought all the gear today to make up an extention cable for the welder
blue 32a sockets and 20mtrs of 2.5mm flex
dicided to wire it into the consumer unit after all on a 32a breaker :)