Variable Shade Control - Miller Electric Digital Elitet Owner's Manual

3-4. Variable Shade Control

Application Welding
Stick Electrodes
MIG
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
(TIG)
Air Carbon
Plasma Arc Cutting
Plasma Arc Welding
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Arc Current in Amperes
Less than 40
40−80
80−175
175−300
300−500
Less than 100
100−175
175−300
300−500
Less than 50
50−100
100−200
200−400
Less than 500
500−700
60−150
150−250
250−400
Less than 50
50−200
200−400
1 Shade Control Buttons
Use the shade control Down and
Up buttons to select the lens
shade in the darkened state. The
shade ranges for each mode are
as follows:
Weld − No. 8 − No. 13
Cutting − No. 5 − No. 8
Grind − No. 3 only
X Mode − No. 8 − No. 13
Start at the highest setting and ad-
just lighter to suit the application
and your personal preference.
Use the table below to select prop-
er shade control setting based on
your welding process.
Protective Shade No.
9
10
11
12
13
10
11
12
13
10
11
12
13
12
13
11
12
13
9
10
12
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