Un-Boxing & Review & Tutorial & Test of the Malectrics Spot Welder Kit V4 - (WITH CHAPTERS!)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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This is an Un-boxing, Review, Tutorial & Test of the Malectrics Spot Welder V4. I am including Chapters in this video, so that you can go to the section that most interests you. If you are interested in picking one of these up, there is a link below so that you may make a purchase of this Spot Welder. If you have suggestions or recommendations on how to use this Spot Welder, please leave a comment so that others may have the benefit of your experience in using this or a similar spot welder.
Contents of this video
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Malectrics Website
01:10 - Un-boxing
03:26 - Assembling Mosfet board
05:37 - Adding screws to Arduino board
06:50 - Attach Arduino board to Mosfet board
08:35 - Mounting the Negative cables to Mosfet board
10:50 - Wire and solder the foot switch
15:13 - Insert spot welder into case
16:20 - Insert Fuse into case
17:20 - Connect Positive Leads to Fuse
17:58 - Connect Voltage Sensing wire
20:18 - Installing Fan into case
22:19 - Finish Assembly of case
24:31 - Connect XT90 to Battery Cables
25:48 - The Spot Welder Main Screen Interface
28:26 - The Spot Welder Main Menu
30:48 - The Weld Pulse Measurement Feature
32:00 - The Hidden System Menu
36:03 - Testing the Spot Welder
46:55 - Closing Remarks
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* Malectrics Spot Welder V4:
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* Feelworld Livepro L1:
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* Livepro Firmware Update:
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* XPOSE Software MAC:
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Good presentation. I have the version 3 and also a Kweld, and I like them both. You are right about making the input leads shorter. Yours are very long and the resulting resistance affects the overall current and the performance. Since I 'm using Lipo battery, I shortened mine to about 10cm and changed the connectors to XT150. The current jumped from 1000A to 1300A after this modification, according to my KWeld report.
I may go ahead and shorten mine, but not sure. I just like to have my battery farther away from flying sparks LOL, and why I ordered the version that had longer leads. Thanks for your comment, and if you have a video of your kweld, I would love to see it.
Thanks for stopping by, and I truly hope you get something out of this information. This is the first video created where I have added Chapters, and I hope that helps in going to just the section of most interest, and also when re-visiting, you will be able to quickly find another section of interest. If you have any ideas for a video that you would like me to do, please let me know in the comments, and I will do my best to bring that video idea to you...
--Contents of this video-------------
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Malectrics Website
01:10 - Un-boxing
03:26 - Assembling Mosfet board
05:37 - Adding screws to Arduino board
06:50 - Attach Arduino board to Mosfet board
08:35 - Mounting the Negative cables to Mosfet board
10:50 - Wire and solder the foot switch
15:13 - Insert spot welder into case
16:20 - Insert Fuse into case
17:20 - Connect Positive Leads to Fuse
17:58 - Connect Voltage Sensing wire
20:18 - Installing Fan into case
22:19 - Finish Assembly of case
24:31 - Connect XT90 to Battery Cables
25:48 - The Spot Welder Main Screen Interface
28:26 - The Spot Welder Main Menu
30:48 - The Weld Pulse Measurement Feature
32:00 - The Hidden System Menu
36:03 - Testing the Spot Welder
46:55 - Closing Remarks
Please tell me the optimum specifications (voltage, capacity, maximum current) of the lipo battery that can be used as the power supply for this Mini Spot Welder.
Thank you Kinya for the question. These are the recommended specifications to power the Maletrics Spot Welder:
* Input Voltage: 10-14volts
* Recommended Welding Battery: Car Battery (12 volt, around 600 A (CCA)) or a Lipo Battery (3s 5000mAh with minimum 60C (120C burst)
* Recommended welding material: 0.1mm to 0.25mm nickel strip (most commonly used is 0.15mm)
* Welding cables sizes: 10 - 16mm thickness, each about a maximum length of 50cm (500mm).
* I myself use a Zeee Lipo Battery that is 3s - 11.1 volts - 9000mah and 100c rated, and it works great.
* Absolute maximum current rating according to the datasheet of the IRFS7430 mosfets that the Maletrics welder uses, is about 1,200 Amps. But please be aware at this high current they can overheat very quickly and be damaged - according to the Maletrics manufacture.
* The spot welder V4 is capable of using up to 800 CCA car batteries as a welding current supply. It is not recommended to use a car battery that can deliver more Amps than this, as the Welder will take as many amps as you offer it - even if it means death to it...
I have successfully welded two 0.2mm nickel strips together, and am waiting on some copper strip so that I can do another video about a question posed by another comment, that asked about being able to spot weld copper nickle sandwich welds. I will be doing a video of that once the copper strips arrive - so that will be interesting to see if the Maletrics can pull that one off LOL... I will be using pure nickel strips and pure T2 copper strips to perform this feat. It is very hard for any welder to spot weld pure nickel or copper, so if the Maletrics can pull off welding Pure nickel to Pure Copper to an 18650 battery - that will be quite impressive for sure.
I hope that I have been able to answer your question - keep a watch out for the upcoming video I spoke about, and thank you for stopping by and taking the time to ask a question - it has been a pleasure talking with you.
anyone have experience with version 3 AND 4? im debating which unit to get. i have a chance to get either one from someone i know who just bought the kweld but i can only take one of them. ive heard people who prefer v3 over 4 and the other way around.
After researching the website, It looks to me that the V4 would be best because the software has been updated, and the board itself has been updated to be more robust. The case also has been updated to hold the welder in one unit as opposed to V3 that had a couple different sections. The Mosfet is also able to handle more current in the V4 board. Here are a couple links to the V3 and V4 models to help in making your choice.
ARDUINO SPOT WELDER QUICK START GUIDE V4
malectrics.eu/arduino-spot-welder-quick-start-guide-v4/
ARDUINO SPOT WELDER QUICK START GUIDE V3
malectrics.eu/arduino-spot-welder-quick-start-guide-v3/
I hope this helps, but if anyone that reads this has had experience with V3 and V4, it would be good to hear your thoughts. There are also videos on RUclips about the V3 that may help in making your decision.
i saw a bottle of Kester liquid flux in one of your videos. I have seen many people selling small bottles of this stuff filled from gallon bottles, but some say it is a knockoff. I would like to get some for all around use, but not sure which is real Kester and which is not. Do you have any suggestions on what to get and where to buy?
I bought mine on eBay. It was a long time ago. It works great for me, and as far as being a knock-off - I have no idea. Yes I have heard the same thing after I bought my bottles, so was a little worried that I may have gotten knock-offs too, but like I say - I really don't know, so I don't want to give you wrong information by guessing... I just did some research and found their website, and all I saw were gallon bottles and big drums of liquid. I don't think they sell it by the bottle (like I have), so people must be buying from Kester in bulk and filling bottles to sell. I guess you could write to Kester and ask them were they recommend buying the small bottles from... I hope this helped. Have a great day, and have a very happy Thanksgiving.
Kester Website: www.kester.com/products/category/liquid-solder-flux.
They don't ship to the UK, shame it looks really good.
Thanks for the info. You might want to check this one out: ruclips.net/video/09D6r1U1f1M/видео.htmlsi=QibBIfs2TSr_DgSv
This guy does allot of spot welding videos, so you might find something that would interest you and also be able to get in the UK.
Hope this helps.
Have u tried copper nickle sandwich welds?
Thanks Mad Max for the question. Do you mean a peace of copper strip between two peaces of nickel strips?. If so - no I haven't tried three peaces of strips welded together. I will have to give that a go, but unfortunately I don't have any copper strip, I guess I could try three peaces of nickel a try.
...I found out that a sandwich is a battery with a nickel strip on top of a copper strip and both welded to the battery.
MadMax... I decided to get some pure nickel strip and pure copper strip. I am still waiting on the copper, but I should have a video up in a couple of weeks trying the sandwich question. This should be a fun video. Thanks MadMax for the idea. Mercy copper is expensive LOL
I would be interested in copper sandwich. Because its best with big battery packs . Nickel has to much restence at end of the series of battery pack where bulds up to much heat in the pack
@@natebean151 I just uploaded a video where I test the Malectrics Spot Welder doing a Sandwich weld.
pure nickel, or plated nickel?
In that video I used plated nickel. I did another video later on where I purchased pure nickel to see if it would weld it.
Is this copper sheet?
Thanks Tomasz for the question. No, this is pure nickel strips I am using for spot welding.
@@Outside-In. I mean that piece underneath nickel strip. The biggest one. Is this steel, nickel or what? Looks like copper but I think that camera is doing some joke with light that's why looks more red.
@@tomaszradomski9008 The piece of metal under the nickel strip is from a power supply case that I had smashed flat to re-purpose for use as a test-plate for testing spot welders. The red-ish color is because I was wearing a red shirt, and the lights were causing a red cast on the metal plate. I hope this helps.
@@Outside-In. excellent. Thank you for answer. 👍👍👍
@@tomaszradomski9008 Sure thing Tomasz and thanks for watching and commenting.
Hi! 50 ms is too much for a tape even 0.35 mm thick.
such welding time will inevitably lead to the appearance of halos and overheating around the welding points and possibly even between the points if they are located closer to a certain limit. this is not a very good property of the welder, or rather the battery - the current source you are working with
Thanks for the information. Yes, it is best to be able to weld at lower connection times, but sometimes depending on your setup, you may need that extra connection time to make a good weld. The issue you are speaking about could also happen if welding at 25ms if the strip is .01, so it is about adjusting the welder to the media you are using.
@@Outside-In.
To steel: Copper, then Steel, then Copper - 0.15 mm
time = 4 ms.
ruclips.net/video/Sa_uN4R3VDs/видео.htmlsi=Xh_aVFhECpdP0McH
👁️👁️👉Copper - 0.3 mm to steel
25 ms 👈😉
ruclips.net/video/Unk3O5Y3PYM/видео.htmlsi=esUANjN3P0GbKy7N
kwd57... I just searched through my history and found who I bought it from and am putting a link to it here. I have been using it for adding to wires to help get solder to absorb, and also for using on circuit boards to help melt solder joints, and it has been working great for that. I believe when I just went to their store, they were selling two bottles like I have for I think 14 dollars. Hope this helps again... www.ebay.com/itm/201687421395?hash=item2ef581d1d3:g:b2kAAOSwEtRcDAFc
Thanks for the reply, i will check this out.
@@kwd57 Please let us know what you find out so others will have the benefit of your findings... - and my benefit as well LOL...
there is nothing wrong with this spot welder except the price tag the customer service is very good but you can get the great spot welder from China for 20 bucks
I agree uawsux, there are good options out there for less money, but I just wanted to give this one a try as I was very appealing after watching a number of videos about it. I am very happy that I made the purchase, as I have used it a number of times, and it truly is a great spot welder, but yes the price is a little high but I definitely feel it is worth it's weight in gold as it is very consistent and powerful. I don't have to turn this thing up nearly as high as I do other less expensive spot welders. I have one spot welder that is pretty popular, but I have to turn it full tilt and still does an ok job, but this spot welder I am afraid to pump it all the way because I may blow my batteries up LOL... Thanks so much uawsux for the comment and input and thoughts.
Yes, cheap spot welders are available, but most of them are terrible due to various design flaws which have very little to do with their low price. While I understand that you cannot provide a link here, we'd be interested in knowing what words or models to search for to get one of the versions you consider great for only 20 bucks.
The Malectrics is a higher-quality spot welder and comes with all that you need except the battery; you usually get what you pay for. It would be nice if they dropped the price a bit, but Malectrics is a small business and I would probably need to charge this much to produce and ship this product as well.
@@antibrevity Yes Rob, you are right that the more you pay the better the welder, but I would have to say also that just because a product is more expensive does not always mean it is better LOL.
This is a link to one that I know is good - not as powerful as the Malectrics but still powerful enough: www.amazon.com/Adjustable-Batteries-Portable-Handheld-100-900A/dp/B0B14VQ31N/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=spot+welder&sr=8-8
This is a link to the BIFRC spot welder which is also another very good and powerful welder for an inexpensive price: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801816172956.html?aff_fcid=6dce174ef0fd46d58f5d1cb1b376fc59-1688129419152-05822-_AOvbd5&aff_fsk=_AOvbd5&aff_platform=shareComponent-detail&sk=_AOvbd5&aff_trace_key=6dce174ef0fd46d58f5d1cb1b376fc59-1688129419152-05822-_AOvbd5&terminal_id=184ec7adb5ae41988c2cb206607d5009&afSmartRedirect=y&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt
Be careful about a BIFRC welder that is in a case - I have tried that one and it sucked - really - and I think it was because of the not-so powerful batter that comes installed. I do believe though that if a person purchased the BIFRC in a case - the battery could be removed and use a more powerful battery with it, but what would be the point of purchasing it, because you would end up with a welder not in a case - so just buy the good one without a case and connect a good battery to it... - just my thoughts.
@@Outside-In.I unfortunately bought the BiFCR in a case with battery.
It SUCKS
I tried to improve it, but it operates on a single Cell LiPo. I might buy the kWeld or the one from your video, I am so upset with shitty welders :/
@@florihae If you can afford the Kweld, that is the best way to go, but if you have limited funds, the Malectrics is a great welder for sure. Thanks for your thoughts, and hope this helps.