Homebrewed spot welders

As you can see in the thread I had to replace my Mosfet drivers and Mosfets and had no problem since. The first time I accidentally bridged some connections on the bottom next to the soldered wire with a bad soldering job.

Maybe you did the same?

Ah ok I seeā€¦ I look after them later today and try a new battery, if everything looks good. Thx :slight_smile:

So from looking at the picture you posted it looks like you got some nice welds. What made the difference?

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Yep! Was the battery! Just went and bought a 95 Ah 710A big battery and everything works perfectly fine! Iā€™m welding with 11 mS now :ok_hand:

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what kind of wire are you using? i got some fat wire but it is very stiff and i cant pull it through the transformer

8awg. Works good, but gets warm after a few welds. So Iā€™d take 2 8awg parallel.

just leave this here for other people to find: Arduino Spotwelder from KƤptĀ“n Balu:

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Or thisā€¦ (my welder)

@acido Maybe build your own? There are plenty of diy options out there. Some good info in this thread too.

How did you spotwelder turn out @monkey32