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OPERATION
COMMANDER 500
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TABLE B.4 – COMMANDER 500 SIMULTANEOUS WELDING AND POWER LOADS
Permissible Permissible Auxiliary
Welding Power - Watts Current in Amperes
Output Range (Unity Power
Setting Welding Output Factor) @ 120 V ± 10%* @ 240 V ± 10%*
30-575 500A/40V 0 0 0
500 500A/40V 0 0 0
350 350A/30V 9500 80* 40
250 250A/29V 12000 100** 50
150 150A/27V 12000 100** 50
90 90A/25V 12000 100** 50
* Each duplex receptacle is limited to 20 amps.
** Not to exceed 50 A per 120 VAC branch circuit when splitting the 240 VAC output.
TABLE B.5 – COMMANDER 500 EXTENSION CORD LENGTH RECOMMENDATIONS
Current
(Amps)
15
15
20
20
25
30
38
50
Voltage
(Volts)
120
240
120
240
240
240
240
240
Load
(Watts)
1800
3600
2400
48010
6000
7200
9000
12000
30
60
(9)
(18)
40
75
30
60
(12)
(23)
(9)
(18)
75
150
50
100
90
75
(23)
(46)
(15)
(30)
(27)
(23)
125
225
88
175
150
120
100
(38)
(69)
(27)
(53)
(46)
(37)
(30)
175
350
138
275
225
175
150
125
(53)
(107)
(42)
(84)
(69)
(53)
(46)
(38)
300
600
225
450
250
300
250
200
(91)
(183)
(69)
(137)
(76)
(91)
(76)
(61)
Maximum Allowable Cord Length in ft. (m) for Conductor Size
Conductor size is based on maximum 2.0% voltage drop.
14 AWG 12 AWG 10 AWG 8 AWG 6 AWG 4 AWG
EXTENSION CORD
RECOMMENDATIONS
An extension cord can be used with the auxiliary power
outputs as long as it is of ample size. Table B.5 lists
permissible extension cord lengths based on conduc-
tor size and auxiliary power output.