So I would like to be able to do some light welding around the home and yard, enough to at least stick two bits of mild steel together. Can anyone suggest a good mini 10 amp welder that can be used safely on a standard household 240 volt supply? I realize the weld will be limited to about 100 Amps output realistically, up to possibly 140 amps. Anything more and the circuit breaker is likely to trip. However I have seen people using large welders with high amperage through a regular mains power supply. In fact we did this quite often back in the old days. Not sure why we never blew fuses or ruined circuitry in the house, but anyway we did it probably because we had a welder and no other option. I recall hearing reports of lights and TV flickering from the house, but those were the good old days when people were poor and just did what needed to be done.
