Welding question
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Welding question
Actually, that is a great question,with todays quads having more and more electronic controls and sensors, a strong electromagnetic surge like the energy from a welder could very well do some kind of damage. To be safe, I would pull the battery leads off, and unplug your coil and CDI box, to minimize any stray voltage from going where it shouldn't. Also, put the ground clamp as near to the welding area as possible, to keep the path to ground as short as possible.
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Welding question
Yeah that is a good question. I can tell you I do a lot of welding on cars and have never had anything to short out yet but I'm not saying it couldn't. I work at a body shop and just today I clipped a car which is cutting it in half and put a different half on and welding it back together. I've probably clipped around 15 cars and none of them had anything shorted out after I welded them back together.It would be wise to take off the battery cable.
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Welding question
i agree. good question and great heads-up for the rest of us. i am a welder in a locomotive shop and it takes several hours to unhook all of the computers on the new locomotives in order to prepare to weld on them.
it sounds like removing the battery ground is good enough, but also hook your welding ground on a good clean ground as near as possible to the weld.
but, i personally would try to completely unplug the most expensive electronics such as the CDI and display.
monty
it sounds like removing the battery ground is good enough, but also hook your welding ground on a good clean ground as near as possible to the weld.
but, i personally would try to completely unplug the most expensive electronics such as the CDI and display.
monty
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Welding question
how long is it going to take you to dissconnect the battery? 15 seconds? If your planning on doing any frame welds you do know when the frame is welded at the factory the frame is heat treated after the welding is complete so that the welds ending up being the same temper as the frame. If you don't know what ur doing you will weaken the frame, heating and taking the temper out if you weld on it. There are high tensel wire and welding rods that will work, but the average wire and rods you buy at ur local hardware store won't work. Welding anywhere on the frame should be done by a professional, or an expert on everything like me.
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NO ur wrong! They are heat treated, x-rayed and checked for cracks. The steel frame tubes are plane jane cold roll steel, they are bent and shaped then welded, then the whole frame is heat treated, when cooled they are x-rayed then they fit them in a jig to make sure its straight and alined. THATS A FACT,,, JACK !!!