How to connect a welding machine to a 220 volt network?

Michael asks:
Hello. I am far from electricians. I want to buy a 200 amp inverter welding machine for the home. Many where it is written that he needs specials. power socket and plug for 20 or 32 amperes. But I do not understand:

  1. Does this 32-socket have to be mounted already at home in the wall, or you can buy a 32-socket, connect it through a wire to a regular home socket on 10 or 16? Then what is the difference ??
  2. Is the special plug placed where: on the welding machine and stuck in a special socket or on a wire from a special socket and stuck in a home socket for 10 or 16 amperes?

Please explain for the kettle what you need to buy and how the entire line for supplying electricity to the welding machine in the house with sockets 10 or 16 (I don’t know what the wiring and sockets are) will be built to be safe ..

The answer to the question:
Hello! This outlet should already be connected to a cable with wires of the appropriate cross section, about 4 square meters. mm

Imagine - such a socket is needed so that its contacts allow a large current to pass, and you plug it into a regular socket (10-16A) with a wire, and what do you get? From the outlet at 10-16A will the current go to the outlet at 30-32A? Then the household ordinary outlet will become very sad and its contacts will melt.

But in general, look in the instructions of the real and that particular device? which you are going to connect. Watch the power and convert to current - then you will find out whether it is possible to connect to a conventional outlet or not.

ps the welding current of 200A is not strongly related to the power consumption, I specifically looked for it - there were welding powers of 5, 6.5, 8 kW (And even 9), if the first one is up to 25A, then for the last and 32A sockets it’s not enough.

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