ArtMetal

I'm not Val, but here goes.

You can run 5/32 on the 180, but you have to keep a close watch on your duty cycle as it will be loading it pretty heavy. The 1/8 shouldn't give you a problem unless you switch to 7018. Then again you have to watch the duty cycle. I have a syncrowave 250DX that I have never turned on (don't have the juice to run it yet) but I do seem to remember that they are not rated at 100% in the upper ranges. The duty cycle is the critical thing. I primarily use a 210 amp Lincoln that is rated at 100% at 210 amps and routinely run 5/32 Jet ((7024) should be about 180 - 200 amps) one right after the other. As for the one inch bar you shouldn't have to crank up the amps at all to get it to weld using the 6010.