| Many experienced welders are adding an inverter | | | | The downsides are that inverter welders do this magic |
| welder to their kits these days for several reasons. | | | | with more high tech electronic components than you |
| One of the amazing things is the amount of power | | | | find in conventional welders. This means that they cost |
| they generate when just plugged into normal | | | | a bit more for the same power, and need to be |
| household current. This allows you a great deal of | | | | treated a bit more carefully since they will not be as |
| flexibility to weld in places where you don't have 220v | | | | rugged as the welder you are used to. |
| power. They are also not very susceptible to low | | | | Finally, they use a lot less power so if power bills are |
| quality power so you should be fine running them off | | | | an issue for your shop or manufacturing facility, just |
| any type of generator. | | | | changing to inverter welders can save you a lot of |
| They are also a lot smaller so you can carry in one | | | | money on power bills over time. They won't be right |
| hand what you would have needed to roll along | | | | for every job, so perhaps the best combination is to |
| before. This allows you to move faster and get into | | | | keep your traditional welder and I'm sure you will find |
| smaller places where your normal welder would never | | | | situations to use both. You can find them being sold at |
| have easily fit. | | | | most any welding supply store or retailer. |