Re: TIG makes my fluorescent lights flicker...

On 29 Aug 2005 20:24:08 -0700, "stag5353" <adamstagnaro@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Yeah, I was just out there welding and I pointed the torch at a piece
>of scrap and hit the pedal while looking the other way... the lights
>went out completely until I moved the tungsten in and established an
>arc. Voila. Kind of funny cause I could never tell if they were out the
>whole time I was welding...
>
>yep, only the TIG. Seems to be the HF (High Frequency, not Harbor
>Freight, ha ha). I wonder what causes this in the lights???

Sounds like a bad ground path/ground loop. Ground the welder body and
the bench if you have one.

Gunner

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