It's what I mentioned about modern power supplies, an inverter welder is a SMPS (Switched Mode Power Supply).? It converts the mains power to DC.? Then Switches that at a high frequency.? This means the transformer is much much smaller.? You won't find big iron transformers in these, just small ferrite (a magnetic ceramic) transformers.
I remember when these first came out, I worked at a MIL testing lab in the USA.? We were amazed but concerned that the output voltage wasn't quite as clean as our big, boat-anchor sized, linear power supplies.
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On 10-Feb-25 19:13, davesmith1800 wrote:
I wonder how make they make inverter welders so light today.
It was Aluminum winding onsecondary side now they lighter.
Now it is high frequency is about what know.
Dave