Video: Can the Maverick power a welder

[JVolpe]

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[Maverickman74]

Looking forward to watching this later.

 

[JimParker256]

Looking forward to watching this later.

Let me save you the trouble: He manages to get a couple of sparks, but even using some fairly thin metal, it's a bust. Which is not at all surprising, considering welding requires a good bit of amperage, and the Mav's outlet is not intended for that type of usage - it's a fairly low wattage (therefore amperage).

 

[Maverickman74]

Let me save you the trouble: He manages to get a couple of sparks, but even using some fairly thin metal, it's a bust. Which is not at all surprising, considering welding requires a good bit of amperage, and the Mav's outlet is not intended for that type of usage - it's a fairly low wattage (therefore amperage).

I thought maybe he pulled power from elsewhere and did some MacGyver-ing. I tried running my flux core lincoln 180 and my mini amazon field stick on my 2500 watt shop inverter running off 4 golf cart batteries. Didnt do squat. Would be better of hooking jumper cables to the batteries themselves. We are off grid so when I weld I run a big ass 10,000 costco generator. Loud as hell though. Doesnt the F150 go up to like 7500 watts in their pro power setup. I could see retrofitting a setup off a wreck, or just getting a preimier power welder alternator on my older vehicles as an alternative to the ultra loud gennie. Or just continue to annoy my neighbors

 

[JimParker256]

I thought maybe he pulled power from elsewhere and did some MacGyver-ing. I tried running my flux core lincoln 180 and my mini amazon field stick on my 2500 watt shop inverter running off 4 golf cart batteries. Didnt do squat. Would be better of hooking jumper cables to the batteries themselves. We are off grid so when I weld I run a big ass 10,000 costco generator. Loud as hell though. Doesnt the F150 go up to like 7500 watts in their pro power setup. I could see retrofitting a setup off a wreck, or just getting a preimier power welder alternator on my older vehicles as an alternative to the ultra loud gennie. Or just continue to annoy my neighbors

Yeah, the F150 setup is totally different... It's designed to allow you to do some "real work" with it. The Maverick is more for allowing you to run a phone charger, small TV set, or things like that... Definitely not power tools, and certainly not a welder.

The Maverick inverter produces 400 Watts at 125 Volts - just over 3 amps. A quick check of some really small 125V welders show their power draws range from 40-225 amps (5K to 28K Watts).

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