Full Test of ESAB Volt Battery Powered Welder
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- čas přidán 20. 02. 2024
- The ESAB Volt is the first battery powered welder that is powered by rechargeable power tool batteries. This welder is a 200 Amp Stick Machine and DC TIG with live arc that runs on Dewalt flex Volt Batteries.
But the question that everyone wants to know is how long can you weld with the machine? So I decided to put it to the test in the Big Tire Garage by running it until it shuts down when the batteries die.
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And I’m an all dewalt guy, so when not welding those batteries are gold! This setup is killer!!!
My man looks like he took a few volts himself
You were my shop teach for not even a full yeah way back in the day at sfdci. Super cool to have literally followed you through so many amazing paths and stories via CZcams and social media. Awesome to see these videos still cross my feed regularly man keep it up! Ps. I'm old now and have completed and continue to endeavor on many of my own builds and projects many thanks to folks like yourself in my younger years.
Great to hear!!!
The absolute sickest part is that you can plug it in or use the batteries!! Esab definitely got it right with that setup.
Agreed
Music is REALLY, REALLY IRITATING!!!
You don’t like the same 15-second hook on loop for 20 minutes? 😂
Done watching him preach esab his sponsor. There’s a lot of bad reviews on them. By.
@Kk385 ok but who else is offering a battery powered welder?
Ads too
@@Kk385Esab is awesome, I run their 235 multi process welder at work and it's smooth as silk, super stable arc at low amps on TIG, and I have a lot of hours on it with no issues.
Awesome welder. Glad that you can use the batteries to help with poor power conditions. Plus the batteries from Dewalt have a great duty life.
Great point!
I learned to stick weld from my grandpa that only ever used a car battery in his garage. Try it, promise a car battery is way easier to move around and a lot cheaper than all that you have on the table. I admit what he did wasn’t precision welding. But in a pinch it got the job done.
I have used two car batteries before....and yes it is easier....but yes it is also no where near as powerful as a dedicated welding machine
Good idea! Pure DC welding, but great for welding on the trails!!
Your testing is what I wanted to know.
Thank you
You are welcome!
That thing is freakin awesome!!!!!! Thanks for the great review Ian.
Impatiently waiting for the Milwaukee version. Scared it will never happen cause I’m guessing that uses the 60v circuit of those batteries in series to make 240v
It's possible with a simple upconverter inside the system or it could utilize additional batteries in series. MFG would be hesitant to release additional versions too quickly because of R&D sink though
Most of my welding is 100ft from an engine drive. I'm waiting for us to be handed one of these and an extra set of batteries, especially when we're working in an area where they don't want the engine noise/exhaust.
One question is when you're running it on 110V, can it recharge the batteries when you're not welding?
From what I've read the batteries do not recharge while on board the machine and plugged into 110. The fronius machine does have that feature.
That said, I have never been impressed with the 6010 performance on fronius machines.
I agree that would be a very nice welder to do something small on location
Great setup I can think of a ton of uses for this
Me too
Very impressive tool
WATCHING BATTERIES CHARGE AWSOME.
There is a ff button
Ian,
i love your content, keep up the good work! as @ProjectFarm would say, "Very Impressive!"
Awesome bro,
Good job. Thank you 😊
The flexibility of this ESAB welder is a game changer!
Yes....
Demod this the other day, runs super smooth. Tigs stainless great. Hefty price but unbeatable in portability.
If you consider the price of four of those batteries it is not a bad deal
@@BigTireGarage absolutely, almost 1/2 of the price is just tied in Dewalt stuff.
I've used the 4 battery DeWalt power inverter and one of the cheap 110v IGBT stick welders a few times when I needed to weld something out of range of any outlets.
Definitely not a pro type setup, but it worked.
and way cheaper and more reliable than this junk
Legitimately considering this as a alternative to the situation I got going now running extension cords almost 50 ft. To the shed. I mean got plenty of DeWalt batteries. If I can finance the machine, it's like a good idea before I know it can pay for itself if I can continue working without you know worrying
were the batteries hot when you charged them, or was that a different set? My charger wont charge hot batteries.
That's nice portability
Firman 9000 watt tri fuel generator $900. Everlast multiprocess 251si 250 amp inverter mig/tig/stick $1500. Bottle, wire, extension cords, etc. Still lots of money left for hair gel.
You ever try to carry all of that up three flights of stairs?
Yeah I carry the everlast unit up ladders with the 100' extension cord and 100' air line while the bottle and generator sit on my truck. The 251si is just over 100lbs with a 33lb spool. No different than any other guy running a lincoln ranger or miller bobcat with a suitcase unit just cheaper I guess.
True...
This ESAB Renegade is all about ease of setup/cleanup. Also this machine is perfect for taking on jeep trails in case you need a quick fix in a pinch
Funny. I have two dewalt power stations and a compact tig/arc welder. Wonder where they got the idea from
I like this for guys who only have access to 110V in their garage but need to weld thicker material from time to time. (Been there) I wish this had a MIG function as well. I'm guessing that is in the works at some level at ESAB.
Care to expand on your comment? @DossMan-pt9kz
Thanks!!
I excuse a novice producer with thinking annoying music helps them
But this is a seasoned professional outfit
Please stop with that music, Ian , your voice is all the music I need
But it makes so many people comment
😂😂😂
Nah the music is horrible. I almost clicked off the video
The music makes the video much more intertaining lol 😆
It's the same with nudie movies
You could do a quite a few trail fixes on one charge with that set up super cool
Yep....and have batteries for the grinder and other tools as well
Savage on batterysv
where i can buy this product !? and the prices !?
It'd be awesome if you could pick the brand batteries you use. I have an abundance of milwaukee and ryobi. Which I'm sure they use the flexvolts so they can configure it to get 120 volts
It would be nice.
Depending on how the battery pack module is setup, if it is in series, this welder can draw full battery voltage out of the flexvolt batteries at 240 volts. In series parallel, that would be 120 which Milwaukee can't match.
flexvolt can deliver 56V ("60V") each *4 = 224V, which can run anything with a european/indian/chinese powersupply.
I don't see this being a main stream welder. It would be good for off road applications though.
Its.designed for med.duty fabrication...think factory repair....farm repair....remote locations
It's not advertised to replace your shop welder if you are paying attention.
Throw this thing in the back of your rig for Easter Jeep Safari or Ultimate Adventure Weekend.
What's up with the nissan xd? Still running good?
Yep....very happy with it...230K miles...at this point I gotta drive it until the wheels fall off
pretty cool to use batteries, I wonder why they did not make this Ac tig as well? probably because its not used on main grid, they could of made it have a plug in the wall feature where it could be able to do AC etc. So maybe a ac version is in the works maybe.
Weight if I had to guess
@@BigTireGarage yeah it would be heavy as hell though. Most field repair is non aluminum anyway, so this makes the most sense. Im sure after a while other companies will do this and the price will come down a bit.
Ian, you stated the batteries were fully charged when you jammed them in the gas bucket but the battery indicator showed 36%. What was up with that? @1:34 in the video for reference. Hope your lil' doggo's doing well. Cheers!
That was during the initial unbox....before Ibran the test I charged them fully
@@BigTireGarage Cheeeck. Thanks for cleaning it up brother. Cheers!
so what capacity are the batteries: 9Ah or 12Ah ? Looks like 12Ah, impressive you can stickweld at 200A, with only 48Ah (at 20V), but it neatly explains the 15min runtime.
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I understand that you have to do commercials, but make it include your builds so it’s more interesting. We follow you cause of the cool stuff you build.
I know that some people don't like all my videos....but a lot of welders asked to see a true test of this machine.....so I said I would
what if you could use 54v 9Ah batteries..? ? ?
Think it allows 6, 9, 12 ah batteries. Not 15s though which is strange.
@@jake-mv5oi maybe they are fat to fit in there
at about 1 min 35 seconds after you put in 4 brand new batteries, it appears as though the batteries show 36% of a charge? Are there higher capacity batteries avaialble for use with the machine?
They were not fully charged when I started the video....but I charged em fully before I started each weld test
The 12ah it comes with are the biggest it can use
The biggest question would be, when the voltage gets low on the batteries, does it hurt the machine if you do that over and over again since its not a consistent power supply? Also what if you dont have tools that take dewalt batteries, do they make adapters for like Milwaukee batteries? Great for offroad use and light repair for sure. However i wont want to buy a complete seperate set of batteries and charger when i run Milwaukee brand.
I Imagine price point is a big factor.
How much?
3500
I'm going to call that 10 rods. burn down to the numbers.
Hand got tired...and hot....
@@BigTireGarage Just giving you a hard time. Good video, I enjoyed it.
The music is annoying!!!!!
I like the welder. Unfortunately it's out of my price range.😊
In a pinch I've done this with 3 car batteries for free with a longer run time
And can anyone guess why they went with DeWalt? Well I'll tell you, DeWalt batteries are some of the best because they are actively balanced during charging unlike most other big brands charging systems.
Interesting I honestly thought it was because they are black and yellow
I thought fronius had one already
The Fronius welder has internal batteries, when it dies you have to plug itvin for a couple hours to charge. This one has the Dewalt Bats sonyou can keep swapping batteries and keep welding
@@BigTireGarage , we have a cordless Milwaukee threader at work that takes something stupid like a giant 60 volt ..... It's weights about 20lbs
Could you plug it into 110 and do the same test to see how long it would last?
And you forgot to include the price. Or if you did, I didn't hear It in the video. And so far, I haven't been able to find it under online source either or Canada. When you get a chance, can you please clarify how much it cost? Thank you for your time keep up to great work.
its 3500 bucks for the package, and if you consider that the batteries and charger are worth over 1100 bucks its a pretty good deal
I'd rather hear the sound of just the welding.
Not when sped up like that.....sounds like a heard of angry bumple bees burrowing into your brain
It is cool but I can never see it being worth the cost. $3,600 for it is stupid expensive. I would convert my exsisting welder to be battery operated for way less cost.
Yes and no...think of it this way....ypu are a structural steel fabricator...you get a call to fix a ladder in a factory...you have two coices....carry 300 feet of cable up the platform to use your engine drive....or carry this machine up for a quick job.
Would be cool if it was mig.
$3599 is a lot of money for a stick machine with DC tig.
An hour and a half to charge those batteries is pretty impressive, too.
Thats is what Ibthought....from stone dead as well
So basically I can get a power inverter and do this same thing
I don't know if you can find a power inverter that can support a 220V welder
Imagine that set up with the new power shift battery
What kind of teacher are/were you? Automotive, Welding?
Auto Shop and Welding Shop
@@BigTireGarage Nice! Did you do anything with VICA or SkillsUSA? I participated electrical compilation way back when I was in high school.
I taught in Canada....but we did have Skills Canada and other competitions up there
It blows my mind how much of that smoke welders breathe in without a thought 😮
Fronius has had one out for years!
Battery powered yes...but not one that runs off swappable power tool batteries. When Fronius is dead....you have to plug in to charge
Takes 30 minutes to charge, can run on hybrid mode while plugged in, and weighs half as much, too. How many extra battery packs will you need to carry with you? Come on now!
Nice but wish it had mig best of all you made a long video not the shorts
Lots of long videos in the works.....I just like to have an actual "ending" to the videos now instead of dragging them out
I think I'll just go to harbor freight and get one for $600🤔😎
I like it, but not for $5.3k
Great review though.
It has a place yes
great way to destroy your tool batteries. They were never designed to handle those high amp draws, batteries wont last two years. Depleteing the batteries repeatedly, it will destroy cells, and the battery will not be allowed to charge, making it into a brick.
Pretty sure that Dewalt and ESAB know what they are doing when it comes to designing this welder
No MIG was a major miss on this one.
I see what you are saying...but this machines really isn't a MIG replacement.....I could run a spool gun off flux core and then it would be a MIG....
Excellent video lousy music
I think you can get a gas generator and welder cheaper that the $3599 for this machine.
True....but four flex volt.bats and a charger is 1G so if you are a dewalt tool guy....you are ahead
then the noise & smell is back. The DeWalt gear you get with this thing retails for what, $1500?
maybe throw a 200Ah lithium battery in a packout, and an inverter?
That background music is horrible
$5500....kinda outta reach for the average person.
3500...where did you see 5500?
Yikes, $3600!
The music ruined the video, my God
Agree, music sucks
Think I would rather listen to the welder.
Enough with the music !!
Great except for the STUPID music
Turn the bloody music off and re-upload it is so annoying, no-one want to listen to the same shit over and over again
Mute it....
garbage 20 mins welding sit around drink beer for a hr to charge . how long to weld a broken vehicle part and charge on a generator ? is the real ?
Swap in four new batteries and you are welding again...no wait at all