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    Didnt realise it would be this hard. The welder is an Einhell bought 17 years ago in 1989 when it was i think East Germany or USSR, it has been brilliant but very old now, i know after it changed you could still buy these welders but they were all plastic Turbo things, and i dont know if they...
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    Breezer if you look i was asking you a question not saying that you said anything. OK folks sorry that i bothered you and you cant help me, thankyou for your time anyway.
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    Thankyou Breezer so can i get out of this by installing an underground cable myself from the shed to the old meter ( nothing else on it ) thus this being the cheapest option for me? Maybe i should just buy the 35square cable and play safe. Can someone tell me the cheapest place to buy it...
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    Hold on a minute i was told that if a new underground installation ( new meter in the shed ) from the grid was involved that the electric supply people HAD to do the installation, is this not correct? And if it didnt go underground (very expensive) by them then they would go overhead (thus...
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    If you mean its own eletric meter it will have but thats why i want to know what size cable to go back to its own meter. My only alternative is to have a brand new supply AT the boat shed which will mean a lot of expense and losing all the trees some of which are very old. All the heaters...
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    Just had a look my welder has 5 pins but i know only 3 are used but it is 240 volt and i think 350 amps but all writting on plates battered and spray painted over, but model is 350 and will do both dc and ac type of welding. 8 fluresnt tubes i think 85 watts? Radient infer red heaters with...
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    My welder plugs into a plastic 3 pin socket the industrial type that you screw together not the small household plug, all welders have this type of plug for 240 volts
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    Sorry the max power on my mig welder is 350 amps but i hope to have another man helping me so there will be more than one tool/machine in operation together with the usual things.
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    I have 240 volt at the house standard electrics but at the boat shed there will be lighting and a couple of electric heaters together with my mig welder which is 240volt, my work is repairing and hopefully manufacturing small Aluminium boats and associated work. Other equipment will be just...
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    Hello I am in the process of starting to build a boat house (workshop) near to my property. It will have heavy voltage use such as welders etc and lights and heating. My problem is that an electrician i have asked said that the best way is to bury the cable underground from my house and...
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