trail fix? hell, i'll use this as my welder at the house!

I was welding with only two batteries just yesterday and the day before. One battery was a new deep cycle r.v. and marine, the other was my wife's old battery that I had brought back to life using distilled water and Epsom salt. I used E6011 3/32" rods to weld. This method worked better than expected! I can sure burn up the rods fast though, much like yours did. I'm no welder, especially with arc, but at least they do hold well.

That's pretty cool. That weld is actually better than what I can do with a real welder!

Finally somebody who gets the polarity right lol. All the KZfaq videos I see of this everyone puts the Negative on the work piece and gets crap results.

... and he said, "the weld doesn't have to be pretty". .. ... well.......that weld is mighty perrty to me.

Also no mention of the fact you should avoid using the battery on the vehicle you are welding on! If you have to use the battery in the vehicle, make sure to disconnect both battery terminals. A reverse polarity 36 volts through the chassis with the battery connected would be a spectacular explosion!

coolest video on youtube. that is some heat till it's all said and done

Wow this is really cool! I had no idea you could do this.

I been doing this when I was 6years old . When the go-cart broke you found away. This was before KZfaq. IL never forget the 1st time I did it I was 6 almost 7 years old with moms sun tanning glasses on with a pair of my older brother good shades over top.i took mom's battery from her car took the 2 boat battery's and my dad's nice leather Harley Davidson gloves and I was weldin and jumping and welding and jumping around but fixed my go cart.with minor burns on my legs and feet bc I never wore shoes my dad came home and seen me out rideing and ask how and who welded thT for ya. I said I did . And before he could say anything I took off down the road but as I was pulling away I holler back to him said mom said she thinks her Battery is dead her car don't start. And off I went ...boy did I catch hell for using mom's and the 2 very expensive boat battery. But I saved up my chore money had dad take me to the junk yard and I got myself 4 good weilding batteries and showed my dad how todo it. I will never forget that day nor that feeling ..I was teaching my dad something at 6 years old the man that I thought new it all and here I was teaching him how todo it. that was the 1st time my dad showed me and told me he was proud of me for working with what Lil we had and making it work he did not say that much to me but he said it that day and boy it felt good I was always trying to make my dad proud of me and that was easier said then done.thats why I rember that day so well. ....So to all you dads out there let your kids know that your proud of them it means more then you think ,at least it did for me He did end up getting me a pair of those big green goofy lookin googels to wear a d some leather gloves and we weilded like that for years. Not pretty but it worked .we called it redneck weilding.

Sir, you're a life saver. Thank you, and may God bless you!

Awesome explanation of the battery voltages and how to set everything up. I might have to use this idea on a 91 Firebird in a wrecking yard so I can weld a nut to the locking wheel nut to get it off. seeing as how none of the available auto parts shops have bolt extractors or locking nut tool remover kits available. Thanks for the video 👍🏻

I've seen this done in the field to fix busted spring mounts and it held up for months.

That weld still looks really nice.

Well done. I do the same and safety for hot metal and the best work surface are always to be considered. Bravo Jeremy!!

Great video, thanks for sharing the knowlage!

Great video and impression!

Great tutorial, i will definitely give it a go

I’ve always wanted to try this!

Im about to try 4 car batteries but think 3 is enough. Cool video.

Cool thanks man. Gonna try this one day. Pidge.

This method of welding does indeed work, however, be advised, car batteries do explode if you shower them with sparks, always make sure you stay as far away from the batteries as possible doing this kind of welding, i know from experience with a farm generator, the generator was programed to test weekly on a certain day, and it just so happened that when it came time for the generator to auto start, a spark shot out from one of the starter motor wires, and the battery exploded, (the battery was in a battery box with the cover on it), thank god no one was around it when the battery exploded. but it just so happened, me and another guy were looking at the generator shed from a good distance away and saw it all happen.

I recommend using a transformer to help stabilize direct current.

amazing!!! thank you!!

Awesome!

I liked the end hahaha

Damn good welding!!!! Thanks

nice job

Super video thanks

awesome! ur the man!

dam i never would of thought of this thanks

still and still it seems like a pretty good set-up. if he did not have clamps to hold work, he could use the electro-magnets made from micro-wave transformers. Man the internet is awsum.

excellent

I had jumper fat cables with but only 16 G conductors, so be sure you have at 12 gauge or have insulation burning.

good job

I use E7018. Can be welded in any position and its real easy to run. 1/8'' or 3/32'' should be fine.

all I can say is wow

Nice man. I'm itching to try this out. What rod was used or what rod do you recommended? Pidge.

I get the concept.. many years welding.. welder by profession. But after seeing a lot of this videos..I noticed there is not one that shows a wide view to ensure that the weld is being done by the batteries... I've seen videos claiming 2 batteries.. all the way up to 4 batteries. Reason for all this watching.. buddy asked me to weld on a couple door hinges at his very remote cabin. So we took to brand new truck batteries and made an attempted using both 1/8 7018 and 6011... heck even went DCEP from DCEN... nothing but spit and spatter and one time a rod went sun orange in 2 seconds while scratching the tip... what I would like to see is a video with nothing in the video but batteries, rod, metal, cables... from 1 view point seeing all...

Good video! But that can of highly flammable PB blaster next to welding, LOL!

i was just thinking of purchesing a welder..... not anymore !!!

Reverse polarity is electrode positive ..

awesome , what rods are best to use?

great

On DC reverse the rod is positive . On DC straight the electrode is negative.

I know with solar panels if you run them and series you increase voltage if you run them in parallel you increase amperage so what if you ran them in parallel would you still be able to weld?

Does this go off of amperage or voltage or what? Basically would a motorcycle battery work

F'in Awesome!

I hate welding videos because as soon as it arks i look away really fast before i remember it can't hurt me through a screen Haha

What kind of welding rod did you use for that?

I was going to buy a premier welder but I guess I'll just buy 2 more batteries keep them in the truck and keep them charged with my alternator wiring

DCEN is straight polarity. DCEP is reverse.

What if you. hook 2 batteries in parallel then add the third in series.Then you would have 24 volts but lots of current.

How long of a quarter inch bead can you lay on 1 charge.

What kind of rod did you use?

Does this hurt the battery?

Hows the stick, any recommendation for that set up.

how did he touch both ends of jumper cables without a spark??

Does the batteries get damaged afterwards? or they still work

Can this be done with the batteries left hooked up in the vehicles? What about with the jeep running to keep the batteries charged??????

Why you putting the black on positive and red on negatives tho? Why wouldn't u switch the connectors on the middle battery? I don't get that

So on two battery system you go positively to positive

Big question.............how bout (one battery) in a running truck? Enough juice? Harmful to the truck? I got some thin steel to weld in 5-6 spots only, and I would use a coat hanger for the stick. AM I CRAZY?

But how would the cables be configured with 2 batteries?

why reverse polarity? how thick is the rod used? thanx gr8 video!

2:20 begins, before it you can let it out... 2 mins explained how to connect 4 cables...

Is it safe to do this with your vehicle running, maybe with heavy duty jumper cables? Is ot ok to use smaller sized cables JUST for the series link(s)?

what happens if your terminals are flipped? like you don't account for reverse polarity

How many amps does this pull? Or a better question is (I'm currently out on the road) how dark should my eye protection be?

theres no way you can explode the battery or get hurt in any way with battery stick welding? if so then im definatly using this trick!!!!!

Hey guys, can some one help me by answering this question. I am novice welder and am trying to weld my motorcycle frame. Can anyone help me by replying what kind of electrode I should buy? So far I have two new car batteries, jumper cables.

Also... With most rods, you need electrode positive

Why positive for ground and what kind of rod?

That a trail fix weld? You could have fooled me bro!

Is Tim even on channel ?

WE MATH NOW

and what trail does everyone keep talking about?? could we be a little more specific? there are many trails in the world... which one is this trail they speak of?

How do you safely disconnect this?

Can you weld galvanized

Hello Sir, will that work from a single car battery, with the engine running / idling?! - Thank you very much for uploading.

just buy a 250 amp ARC welder thats safer, more compact and ive seen them starting around 70 bucks, which im sure is cheaper than all these supplies

Hey that's not Colt.

*Straight Polarity

Check out my video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNhmhMtl2Le1fas.html where we do this for the first time on the trail. We had to figure it out as we went and it worked great!!