Bossweld MIG 186 Questions & Answers

Hi Mark, can you please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au with your contact details and we will contact you. One of our team can work with you and help you with this.

Hi Carlos, can you please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au with your contact details and we will contact you. One of our team can work with you and help you with this.

Hi Jeff, can you please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au with your contact details and we will contact you. One of our team can work with you and help you with this.

thanks will get back to you soon

Hi Sue. The 4 pin plug is where you would plug in a spool gun.

Note. After you use 50% of the wire the wire feed motor will fail.I have had 3 replaced in this chinese junk good luck

Yes it is for a spool gun . I have never had a problem with my welder but I havent use the spool gun on it

Hi Tim, Can you please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au with your contact details and we will contact you. One of our sales team or technicians can help you out.

Hi Michael, Can you please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au with your contact details and we will contact you. One of our sales team or technicians can help you out.

Dear BossWeld, I did some modofications on the holder for the wire spool and changed the handgun nipple so I think I may have solved the problems. Thank you for your offer of assistance but it seems I worked the problem out myself. Regards Michael

Not a problem Michael. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us on 02 8761 6500 or email us at sales@dynaweld.com.au.

Hi Dom, please give us a call on 02 8761 6500 and our sales team and technicians can work out with you what spare parts and the part numbers you require and the most convenient one of our distributors for you to purchase from.

Many thanks

Hi mate, I am thinking of getting the same machine for myself but I only have 10 amp and I am wondering if this machine trips out circuit breakers in long period of use? Have you tried using all different types of welding with this machine and is it really value for money?

I run mine from a generator equipped with 15a outlets. It’s an 8kva generator and it works hard when welding. Never tripped it though. Tried mig and stick only and works fine in each. I believe it’s definitely value for money.

15amp 240v

15 amp

That is a statement not a question. I know nothing about the Bossweld 150 but it should be fine as the Bossweld range is good quality.

Hi Jeff. Mine has been going strong since new. Like anything I guess, there can be issues but that's technology for you. I've heard just as many horror stories of cigweld, austarc etc. I has warranty, it's legally enforceable so if it's within your budget and your intended workload for it then I'd wholeheartedly recommend the Bossweld 186 which I own. Remember to swap the orientation of the feed spool thingo as it's set for gas-wire (well mine was) and was chewing up my gaslesswire because it is softer and the feed would block. As soon as I sorted that (2 minutes) it was awesome. I've welded up gates, a chicken pen, a set of extractors and replaced the cat convertor on my car with it. So yeah, impressed with my unit. The 150 should be of similar capability.

Thank you for your reply....Jeffrey

Hi Jeff , sorry about jumping on the back of your post , but this is a message to Hunter Built and I don't know how else to clarify the misconception about the drive rollers ( thingies ) on his machine . The knurled ( toothed ) rollers are in fact the ones to use for flux cored wire because of the very softness of the product compared to solid wire . You need to back off the tension with flux core so it's not distorted by the rollers . The easiest way to get it right with these home welders would be to back off the tension spring until it won't drive the wire then wind up the tension while holding the trigger until the wire starts driving smoothly . This should happen with barely a mark on the wire from the knurling , I would do it with a loop in the lead to replicate actual welding conditions . If the machine you are looking at hasn't got an ajustable tensioner I would look at something else . I hope this information is of some use . Cheers , Grayam .( Indentured welder with many years experience with various mig machines )

Contact Bossweld , I am just a user of the same machine.

Sorry you are asking the wrong person, I use this machine daily in my workshop. I am not a sales Rep. for this product

Possible causes are wrong tip size , ( to small) tension on roller to tight, Incorrect roller alignment or wrong grove on the roller to suit wire. The hand piece lead needs to be straight as possible to allow easy flow of the wire. Any bends will cause it to jam. If it was like that from new you should have sort warranty. Hope that helps. Lloyd

Turn the roller feed 'washers' around the other way. It's set for gas wire (which is harder), and it will chew up the flux in the gas-less wire causing it to ball up. I discovered this myself and was about to crush the unit with my bare hands (maybe) when I decided to switch them around. Unscrew the tip so you can feed without hindrance to check it's feeding ok once you've switched them. Best of luck.

Contact Bossweld Sam, I am a user of the machine not a technician. They are pretty good with their customer support i have found. Cheers Lloyd

Try goggle search.

You can with a Powertech 15A to 10A Converter / Adapter & RCD suits Caravan 15 Amp to 10 Amp ,they are selling on Ebay link:http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Powertech-15A-to-10A-Converter-Adapter-RCD-suits-Caravan-15-Amp-to-10-Amp-/171452731309?hash=item27eb610fad:g:~30AAOSwuhhXVHKO , have one myself they work great ,cheers

There is a reason why the device is rated at 50% more than the rated normal household 240v 10 amp plug. That is an extremely foolish thing to just imagine you can circumvent by simply using an adaptor. If you are as you say an amateur DIYer then you should be aware that bypassing Aus Standards is reason to void your insurance. You will likely have a fire when the circuit overheats due to insufficient cable cross section. 2.5mm2 is the cross section of your power cables for normal GPO use. 4mm2 is the cable rating for a 15amp PO.

It also depends upon your supply capacity and other componentry along with what else is shared on the circuits.

If indeed as has happened on single phase circuits you blow the council fuse you might be liable for $10k's or more of damage done to lines and other structures.

No-one in their right minds bypasses the wiring codes SAA 3000 rules without good reason. Simply wanting to stick your toaster and electric kettle on the same double adapator in your kitchen whilst operating an electric frypan and Microwave at the same time whilst having a ceramic fuse with oversized fuse wire wrapped around a few times...this may seem to some to be an unusual situation however this happens more often through stupidity than one would ever imagine.

So the reason you pay for an extra correctly wired circuit is if the capacity is there to do it and in most cases there isn't that spare capacity then better to leave it and go and buy or lease yourself a factory unit if you want to play at being an amateur DIY'er.

Welders start more electrical fires used on the incorrectly rated circuits than mostly any other types of tools.

They use way more current than what the total household circuits take in one device. The Exception being an electric HWS.

Lunacy is so oft the excuse of the mindless. Have a sparky put a circuit in for your 15amp devices and understand that adapators for. Caravans are not the same outlets or inputs as a welder which is an industrial tool usually worked off 3phase .

If you are an accident waiting to happen then by all means be cheap and place yourself at risk along with neighbours and your family.

Don't heed or ask advice on the net as the chances are that 50% of the answers are from crazy or uneducated individuals.

If you like to gamble there are much better odds but first pre-pay your funeral. It is the very least you can do especially if you have gone to the trouble of asking the question on a review forum!

You can run a 15 amp on a extension cable as long as the extension cable plug and socket are rated at 15 amp. As for a 15 amp socket the cable size 2.5 mm twin and earth this has to be wired back to meter board on it own circuit and because it's a socket it has to be (rcd) protected residual current device this can be in the form of a combination breaker within RCD built in or 15 amp breaker and wired into an existing RCD protection device. Changing the plug via an adapter will only cause problems as breaker will continually trip due to over loading.

All good boys

I ended up running a dedicated 15amp lounge from the box. Thank you for all the responses.