grim

does anyone out have their alternator double as a welder? ive been doing some reading and wanting to try this out. Thinking of getting an extra alternator so i dont stress out my main one.

not sure how to mount it though. do they make serpentine/ v-belt combo pulleys or would there be a way to run two alterators off one serpentine belt?

sooty

i have the 150 amp zena stick system, its set up to mount above the stock bracket, they have a accessory pulley that adapts to the front of our stock pulley, i mount and wire with jumper clips, rev the motor to the desired power using 1/16 stick, it will puddle 3/8" with a lot of slag, and welds slow, if im doing say 10" of butt, ill stitch in 2" sections, remove slag and complete, with a regulator it will charge.

grim

Anyone else using their alternator as a welder ? And I don't mean with a kit but straight up using your alternator or an additional one to weld with? Also wonderimg if they make serpentine/v-belt combo pulleys?

1972RedNeck

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sooty

thats what i was saying, zena has the adapter and pulley

Colo_River_Ram

The memory might be a little fuzzy here..

Lesstek was the original alt/welder combo, the company was owned by ex gm engineers.

Powerline was a spin off of that company by some of its ex employes.

Link arc used a combo of these two companies technology.

Premier and zena is the only two still in business to my knowledge..

Premiere:

http://premierpowerwelder.com/

Zena:

http://www.zena.net/

I have two of the powerline units, they both have burned 500+ lbs of rods. they were a very nice (Hi Frequency) system. Part of their demise was due to the fact they were so reliable. They could not make money off off selling replacement parts.

Like sooty says they all offered various pulley combos, mine were mounted on ford engines and both had a dual bat/alt sys like you are describing.

When welding I would hit the relay switch between the two systems so as not to run down the battery when welding. These were handy but expensive to operate.

Gots_a_sol

www.onboardair.com Has a serp/v-belt combo pulley that is all one piece. I used it to drive my on board air compressor.