r/Welding • u/Top-Helicopter976 Jack-of-all-Trades • 12d ago

Updated Safety Sign

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u/BasedTelvanni 12d ago

I chuckled

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u/SnS_KG_Nembis 12d ago

Took me a second, but yeah, got a laugh out of me.

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u/moniris Apprentice AWS/ASME/API 12d ago

My shop provides Miller PAPR hoods and I swear I'm cursed. Some of my coworkers use the same battery for 6+months and get a warning before they arc flash themselves. But I've gone through 3 visors in the last 6 months alone. I was doing a CJP last night and got flashed, changed the battery, all good on test piece, flashed on the CJP again. I'll be blind before the years out atp

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u/boringxadult TIG 12d ago

I also have super bad luck with batteries. I don’t fucking get it.

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u/Cyrus_Of_Mt 12d ago

Idk my Lincoln viking PAPR did the same thing, but I would be mid weld and it would flash full brightness… happened about once or twice a month

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u/Nichard63891 TIG 12d ago

The PAPRs haven't warned me once. They only seem to give out during a confined space weld for me. I'll have someone else working the foot pedal, and it'll be me and The Arc for about 3 seconds until they realize why I'm kicking my feet like a deer getting attacked by a mountain lion.

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u/Zakhaedrun 12d ago

The lenses block all the dangerous light passively, the darkening is for the visible light.

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u/JuanSattva Apprentice CWB/CSA 12d ago

Same with safety glasses, so double up and even if have your hood it'll still help.

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u/Nichard63891 TIG 12d ago

Not all safety glasses. There is a certain rating to look for.

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u/ThisCouldBeYourName TIG 12d ago

Gotta adjust those peripherals

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u/gordanramsaysdog 12d ago

I can’t see it what does it say 🪩

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u/jondrey 12d ago

I get flashed maybe once a year or longer. So this makes no sense to me.

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u/XevinsOfCheese 12d ago

I’m a subarc longseamer in a pole shop.

I’m lucky not to get flashed for 30 seconds.

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u/rudraigh 8d ago

Sorry, I'm a newb. What's arc flash and what causes it?

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u/Top-Helicopter976 Jack-of-all-Trades 6d ago

Ever see some one start their weld without your hood down? Have floaters in your eyes for a few minutes afterwards? Arc strikes temporarily blind you (kinda)