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RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
Firstly, it must be stressed that a good weld can only be made onto a
GOOD
section of track
or pad.
Copper thickness, width, quality, cleanliness, coatings (ie tin-lead), will all affect the settings
and adjustments will have to be made if a perfect weld is to be achieved.
Therefore, the settings shown below are
ONLY GUIDELINES
and should be thought of as
a
STARTING POINT ONLY
. Trial and error will determine the actual settings you require
for your job. All settings are based on 1oz (35 micron) copper tracks.
Good quality, clean copper track
Electrode Gap 0.008” (0.20mm)
Threshold 70 (default)
RIBBON SIZE
TIME
AMPS
0.004 (0.1mm)
3.4
100
0.006 (0.15mm)
3.4
120
0.008 (0.20mm)
3.4
150
0.010 (0.25mm)
3.4
170
0.012 (0.30mm)
3.4
190
REMEMBER!
IF THE AMPS SETTING IS
too low
OR
too high
, THE
CIR-KIT WELD 450
WILL TRY TO WELD, BUT WILL REDUCE THE OUTPUT TO PROTECT
THE TRACK FROM FURTHER DAMAGE. THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE
CORRECT ELECTRODE GAP SETTING.