if your plug is a 4 wire, you probably could pickup a small breaker box(there are small 2-4 breaker panels out there) and dryer wire. Wire the dryer plug into the breaker box and have a 110V outlet on it, all built on a small piece of wood.
This would be like having a sub panel off the dryer plug.
This way your dryer plug is still available when you are not using the welder.
Not sure if this would be up to code.
I'm not an electrician.
Mark
From: "h20dragon@centurytel.net [electricboats]" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 8:05 AM
Subject: [Electric Boats] Electric 220 to 110 volt Conversion question
I have a question for the group.
In boats sometimes I need to have clean welding done, so i bought a Harbor freight 20 amp MIG wire feed welder ( 60 to 120 amp out). A friend also gave me an older Dayton brand 26.6 amp input "buzz box" welder (100 amps out) that both run on 110 volt AC wall plug type input. Can they be run, one at a time, from a single 220 v. washer / dryer box circuit??
I don't think that using the house 110 volt would be safe, not so good for my older home wiring in the country. The buzz box I will hope to use with magnesium rod,.mostly for steel sheet cutting. The wire feed machine for building stuff. I have a good gas welder/cutter now, but like the MIG option.
I have an extra 220 clothes dryer plug, that might work if I could convert it to 110 safely. Is there a plug, or a power changing box, with an extension cord, that can go from the 220v to a single leg 110, without having a wiring rework to do ?? Probably some others here have done this change.
Thanks, Cal
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