I'm stupid about electrical wizardry, so I have no idea why you think 24 volts is too much, but I can tell you with 24 volts this welder works very well. It is flux core so the weld doesn't look as good as it would with gas, but it will weld in the wind. What's the big difference between welding with flux-core wire and flux-covered stick? Same thing, different delivery method. The welder does not have a voltage control (other than the number of batteries you hook it to), but it does have variable speed wire feed. If you're burning through, turn down the wire speed, just like a mig. I like it more than an underhood stick for several reasons. First, I have more than one off-road rig. If I buy an underhood stick welder I cna only put it on one rig. If I'm wheeling the other one, and I need the welder, I'm screwed. With this I can throw it in whatever I'm driving that day. Second is cost, it's considerably cheaper then a comercially available underhood stick welder. Third is versatility. This gives me the ability to weld aluminum, which I don't really have with my mig at home. Fourth, I hate welding with stick welders.
Badger, why do you think every offroad vehicle should have two batteries? How does two batteries help me drive over bigger rocks and up steeper hills and across tippier sidehills? I can tell you how it HURTS, but how does it help? Enlighten me. I guess the rig in my avatar is not a "true offroad vehicle".
