A/C power plug for Miller Diversion 165 Welder

When we finally got to open the welder (A Christmas gift to our son) we found we needed a Range Outlet for 30 amps. Took a little while to get the right one, but, wound up with a surface mount receptacle. Son reports welder is fun to use.
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NodakGary
 
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Everything i see on this machine suggests it should be a 50 amp plug.

Bob
 
If this is really the welder he has...

http://www.millerwelds.com/om/o232895f_mil.pdf

then
it is not a dual voltage machine (unless I missed something)
changing the power cord to 4 wire is not needed and you do not want to use the neutral in a 4 wire cord. It has no place to connect to in the welder.
the receptacle is NOT a 30 amp receptacle, its 50 amps
all the machine needs is the two hots and the ground. There is no current on the ground. There is no 'neutral'.

Additionally the NEC lets you derate welding circuits. Essentially that is what is shown in the PDF file.

However from a practical standpoint it's better to just consider its a 'normal' circuit and size the wire and circuit breaker accordingly.
 
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