HF autodarkening helmet TIG'in issues
 

Just curious if anyone who TIG welds uses a HF autodarkening helmet? My helmet has never gave me any problems when using my MIG but when I bust out the TIG. It's like it not dimming enough cause it's like I'm welding without a helmet. I can go back bust out my MIG and it works fine. It's like it just can't handle the TIG's rays. I don't even weld with the TIG cause I don't feel like looking like Ray Charles. O0 I've got the helmet adjusted as high and quick to darken as it can go and still rawdogs my eyeballs.

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probally just cant handle the intensity of the light.

get a miller if you can scrounge up the cash, i ------- love mine, never had a problem once and its solar charged.

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My HF did the same thing. Its almost like it flares up. Mine would work for a few minutes, then it was like it quit dimming for a second, then went back to dark. It started really ------- up my welds because it was blinding when it flashed. I wanna keep my eyesight :S so I just purchased a Jackson Executive VL-HTLS for $265 online.

Cartridge might be going bad on that HF, but I didn't ---- with it. Figured it was time for an upgrade anyway.

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It's probably a good 3 years old so I'll just take it in and get a new one. I took it out side and held it up to the sun and it didn't even turn on. :S

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I never had a problem when using the tig.

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Mine worked fine but after using it for a month I just scrapped it for a Miller. I am on my second Miller and its great.

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stop using continuous high frequency, its ------- up the electronics in the helmet. high freq is just electricity jumping though the air and it fucks up cell phones, watches, ---- like that.

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uh, i weld daily on aluminum which requires the use of hf continuous and it never fucks with my miller auto darkening helmet.


adjust that bitch or get you a nice helmet, or get a flip helmet the tried and true way

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I got a speedglas helmet a while back, the low-end model at ~$149 @ebay IIRC. I've used it for TIG and it works fine. Seriously the best money I've ever spent on something, including -----. But thats because I don't have to pay for ----- either ::)

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ok, this has really been bothering me. What the ---- does "IIRC" stand for??????