Hi everyone. I bought this machine about a year ago and have mostly used it for tig. It has been a great machine for that but when it comes to stick welding on 120v I'm not sure what the problem is or if this is normal?

I have welded out a whole 6" sch.40 pipe with tig on 120v without much stopping other than to get new filler wire between 100-120 amps the whole time without any issue.

On the same 120v circuit (which has a 20amp breaker), I cant even burn a single rod of 3/32 7018 without the breaker tripping I've tried between 70 and 90 amps, different hot start settings, different arc force settings and still can only get about half a rod to burn.

Is this normal for this machine on 120v? What could possibly be wrong?