Ross
I managed to give my new Miniarc 200stl inverter welder a quick go this arvo. Only used not quite a full rod (3.2 GP rod) but so far I am impressed with it.
These are the same rods I had all sorts of problems with when I was using the old welder recently. On that occasion I had even had some in the oven for an hour or so to make sure they were totally dry. Today I just grabbed one straight from the packet (which is at least 15 years old) and laid down a couple of reasonable runs considering I haven't really used a stick much for over 20 years. was using it on around 75 amps
So far so good.
peter