weldnator

[csas dad]

i seen an article on wheeling in dixie about takeing a chevy alternator an turning it into a welder checkit out it is under the gm tech section under weldanator not sure on spelling so

 

[rockcity]

yeah, typically they use a high amp alternator, remove the regulator, and adjust amps via rpm of the engine.

 

[csas dad]

right but the kind of give you a step by step view of the conversion first time i had seen this so i thought i would pass it along any info on this type thing would be apprectiated

 

[RRADFORD9ER]

Are you trying to find the article again or just telling people about it?
http://www.wheelindixie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3637 is the link.
Your grammar skills suck btw...

 

[csas dad]

telling about it an was asking if anyone had any extra info

 

[Benjie]

I used to have one on my junk. I used a 125 amp alternator, ford dump truck high amperage rectifier, and jumper cables for welding leads. It worked great, but it had an extremely low duty cycle. The rectifier gets hot quickly and the wire leads melt off where they are soldered. Besides that, it worked great. Have fun with it!

 

[ord.sgt.26NC]

standard 62 amp alt.works good for trail repairs.I've got one mounted on Nellie Belle(50 Willys M38) and I love it.