Anyone have experience with these?

[hootsmcgoots]

Anyone ever been around or have one of these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250968758672?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

They look nice and for $325 (which is 1/4 the price of a reelcraft) they sound too good to be true.:beatsme

 

[FSERVICE]

it looks good as my reelcraft & ALOT cheaper. i think i would try it. if you do get one let us know how it does.

 

[redneck rigger]

never had experience with one of those, but by god, I'm building one for my shop soon

 

[hootsmcgoots]

I've had mine for about a month and it seems to work really well. A lot of old timers say that the coiled wire on the spool will create a magnetic field and cause problems. I don't think I really weld enough to have that problem. A step here, piece of sheet metal there, etc.:usa

 

[stinkycat]

On the old MG welders when using carbon arc rods and the welding cables were coiled up on a hook every time you would strike a arc the cable coils would try expand to a circle.

 

[Jumbo]

Leaving leads coiled causes unnecessary EMF, go to a steel mill and watch the leads when they drop the electrode in the pot. However, I doubt that using the leads like most do, will cause that much extra energy loss. Your electric bill might climb $20.00 max over a month here in the NW worse case scenario. I like the storage idea, but when welding I still want all the lead on the ground for mobility. Just a personal preference...