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Originally Posted by georgenewman1
As i understand it the larger the diameter then the larger the current, meaning the hotter the metal will get, meaning you will need to put the welder on a lower setting to prevent yourself from blowing through.
tateys rite, the thicker the wire the hotter it gets, its too easyto blow through with 0.6 and 0.8 so 1 will e a challenge, but its dooable
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the weld is as hot as the person welding wants to make it. the only difference that you will notice is that you will have to turn the wire speed up more on 0.6 than you do on 0.8.
thickness of the wire has nothing to do with the power of the welder you wont make a 100amp welder 150amp by putting 1mm wire in it.
what thicker wire allows you to do is add more filler to the weld pool more quickly. a bigger weld pool draws more amps as you are increasing the arc which increases the amp pull on the welder. typically the thicker the material you are welding the more filler you are going to need unless you are doing verious kinds of high friction welding etc.
you dont need to even think about 1mm wire until you hit the 170/180 amp mark which is where you step over to spray transfer which is a whole different ball game where everything gets a lot hotter
