What Welder to buy, I show my ignorance inside! Options

[Hawktel]

Okay I figure might as well take the plunge, and buy a welder.

I know nothing about welding. I've never welded anything. I think I understand the basic principle. But if you were to blow a couple hundred bucks, to have a portable weilder setup, just work on cars, what would you get?

I was considering this little unit off ebay.

Ebay Welder link

Specifically, I'd want to use it to replace the battrey shelf, some trunk rust repair, and replace some brackets for the floods and such.

If you wouldn't use the above, what would you use?

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[TimT]

Duty cycle: 16% @ 155 amps

That spec sucks, you want to get the most duty cycle you can. It has to due with the amount of time you can weld vs non welding time.

The harbor fright welders are Italian made, they work fairly well ( I used to have one) but parts are a pain in the nuts to get.

Pony up the bucks and get one of the big names.