Noob's first beads with 140st- problem with 110

[MotoJ]

Thanks Rambozo,

This is what I've got: white wire from welder to narrow blade on 5-60, black to wide, green ground. At the whip, when plugged into 110 outlet, 5-60 receptacle on the end has narrow hole to ground at 0 volts, wide to ground is 120, 120 across narrow and wide. When I plug the welder into the whip, no change from before.

I took the 5-60 off and installed a 5-15- white to silver, black to gold, green ground. Corresponding outlet has 0 volts on wide blade, 120 narrow. That's correct, yeah?

Still no change. I never had it plugged in for more than seconds. I don't think it would fry instantaneously. With the 220 plug back on, it strikes easy and welds great.

[Rambozo]

I took the 5-60 off and installed a 5-15- white to silver, black to gold, green ground. Corresponding outlet has 0 volts on wide blade, 120 narrow. That's correct, yeah?

Yup, that's right.

...I don't think it would fry instantaneously...

I hope those aren't famous last words. There are plenty of electronic devices that do fry instantly. I'm sure someone from Everlast support will know as I'm sure they have seen this before.
Because of the warning in the manual and a few others mentioned on this forum, I built my plug with a built in tester to make sure it never happend to me, in case I ran into an outlet wired wrong.

Also I'm guessing you meant 6-50 not 5-60.

[MotoJ]

I hope that's not the case they can get zapped that easy. In that case, if you plugged your cord in and the tester showed the outlet was bad, wouldn't it already be too late?

[Rambozo]

I hope that's not the case they can get zapped that easy. In that case, if you plugged your cord in and the tester showed the outlet was bad, wouldn't it already be too late?

Not if I don't flip the power switch.

Since it still works on 240V it can't be that bad, maybe something simple in the auto voltage switching.

[MotoJ]

Man I hope so. I could use some good luck lately. Thanks for seeing me through this snafu!