Just sharing so hopefully someone can learn from my mistake or at least can get a laugh out of my expensive mistake today. I am shortening the frame on my Mack that I am installing a dump bed on. I started the day running a Stihl gas saw(this is a double frame truck, 3/4-1” thick) and ran it out of gas. That was the last time it ran the entire day. Never picked up fuel again. I decided to switch over to my trusty 7” Dewalt grinder running a cut off wheel. My power source was my older Airco portable welder. Everything was going great and then the grinder slows down and starts smoking. I figure it finally gave up, 7 years of sharpening Bush hog blades and building pipe fence did it in. I drive an hour each way to the local tool store and pick out a brand new Milwaukee 7-9”, with some more wheels and a new cable for the dog it was $252. Drive an hour home to start cutting and let the smoke out of that one too. Check the voltage on the welder plug and it’s 192 volts. After a minute of head scratching I realized that I had the governor set to “weld” instead of “power”. Switched it and got 118 volts.
I intend to call the store tomorrow and explain what I did and see if they will swap it out. The Dewalt will likely go in for a rebuild, looks like a factory overhaul with warranty is $120 or so. I’ve spent close to $10k in this store in the last year so I think they will take care of me although they have no reason to.
I intend to call the store tomorrow and explain what I did and see if they will swap it out. The Dewalt will likely go in for a rebuild, looks like a factory overhaul with warranty is $120 or so. I’ve spent close to $10k in this store in the last year so I think they will take care of me although they have no reason to.
