I recommend an electric arc welder and a mag wire

[barracane]

I recommend an electric arc welder and a mag wire

Hello, for personal reasons, for quick repairs and small metalwork construction, we're thinking of purchasing a mag wire welder. I'll start by saying that we have a 200-amp single-phase inverter SMAW electrode welder, which we use to weld the high-performance 718 basic electrode.
I should point out that we have a 4-kW single-phase contract, so we can use a machine under 200 amps to prevent the current draw from tripping the circuit breaker.
We've considered an F CAW flux-cored arc welding machine to avoid using gas shielding, although I'm told it produces a lot of beads that dirty the weld joint. What do you recommend? A serious welder, not a Chinese machine like the Deca, which doesn't perform well. Good penetration and arc striking stability. Thank you. A semi-professional, reliable, but affordable option.

https://weldguru.com/flux-core-welding/

 

[V8Druid]

there are many threads, already covering this topic @barracane

 

[Steve]

Can’t say I am a fan of flux core welding myself. Look for a machine with a decent duty cycle.

 

[V8Druid]

Can’t say I am a fan of flux core welding myself. Look for a machine with a decent duty cycle.

agreed

 

[barracane]

"What do you suggest?", "What do you recommend?" o "What should I do?"

 

[Steve]

The 310 Esab compact is a nice welder, should be able to weld continuously at around 170amps , but probably too power hungry for your 4KW supply and I don’t expect it would run flux core wire but I could be wrong.

 

[V8Druid]

The 310 Esab compact is a nice welder, should be able to weld continuously at around 170amps , but probably too power hungry for your 4KW supply and I don’t expect it would run flux core wire but I could be wrong.

unlikely to be single phase though .... but a lot of European countries get 3 ph to their properties and split the legs ... would be surprised if that couldn't run flux cored

 

[Canal Navvy]

You can't really rule out Chinese welders as they are pretty much the only choice unless you are spending thousands/tens of thousands

 

[Smiffy]

You can't really rule out Chinese welders as they are pretty much the only choice unless you are spending thousands/tens of thousands

These seem to be getting good reviews and made in Ukraine.

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