Plasma Cutter

Getting ready to buy one. If you had to buy another one, would you steer clear of a cutter that has MOSFETS?



Did some research and Everlast had some machines come through with inferior mosfets and in turn some pissed off customers.

Now they're made with Toshiba mosfets. From what I can find they seem alright. Curious your thoughts Gus? Or any one else?

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Getting ready to buy one. If you had to buy another one, would you steer clear of a cutter that has MOSFETS?

Did some research and Everlast had some machines come through with inferior mosfets and in turn some pissed off customers.

Now they're made with Toshiba mosfets. From what I can find they seem alright. Curious your thoughts Gus? Or any one else?

Good to see that your doing your own research, my guess is that you already know the difference between MOSFETS and IBGT's.

Purchase the plasma that come with IGBT's installed, mine is 2 1/2 years old and the electronics have never given me any problems, any problems which may arise will come from from the crabby torch.

The P-80 torch supplied with these plasma cutters could be improved, but because it uses cheap consumable will stick with it and its problems which are easily fixed or cheap to replace the whole torch complete with cables, I'm on my second torch.

If you can afford it buy another torch for a spare when you buy the machine.

When I made the decision to buy, got the 70 amp machine even though I do not usually cut anything with 1 inch thickness, having a machine with power in reserve brings up your duty cycle when cutting 1/2 inch and lighter metals. Aluminum requires more amps.

Your going to love that new plasma and wonder why you never bought one sooner. Be sure to get a machine that has pilot arc, which is actually designed for use on a CNC table but comes in handy when cutting up cable or expanded metal using the hand held torch.