Use a drop to dial in your settings and make sure your fits are good to give yourself the best chance at success. Check a couple youtube videos to see what the puddle is supposed to look like. I've seen worse welds than yours in the field by people who charged a customer for them, so I wouldn't worry too much.
Beware the force created when objects fall. A few years ago, I toured Capital Safety in Red Wing, MN for a tower climbing course. They demonstrated their tower that they built to test their fall arrest equipment. The tower was made out of 12" I-beam, granted they were testing with electronic equipment so didn't want any residual movement in the tower. What was very impressive, but also eye opening is they tested 250# test dummies from 10 feet, 6000# of force when the dummy hit the end of the line. With their fall arrest lanyards the force was reduced to less than 1500#'s IIRC.
Luckily I’m just doing a drop test where the weight free falls to the ground, so the tower only has to lift the 250 lbs. It is crazy how forces are increased when falling and how much force fall arrest system must withstand, to not fail.
So you are letting the dead weight hit the ground and not trying to arrest the fall? Should be good to go.
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Yeah, the clamp was pinching it together, but it was shot.
Duty cycle is internal to the machine. The only thing a bigger breaker could help with is if the machine was topping out early (we run into this sometimes in plants when we're running off 110, sometimes the machine will let you set more amps than the wall will provide, but it won't draw enough to pop the breaker). If you're drawing full power on your current circuit, upgrading it won't change anything except allow for larger machines in the future.
It's tough to see the repair but unless the welds are interfering with something, I would leave them be. Extra reinforcement around a weld is always good.
