used it again today to help a friend out
used the grinder to clean the surfaces and welded 8 welds on a bushhog out in a field
and the tiller implement by the garden used 4 welds and the grinder
so figure 3\4 of a 1\8 6011 rod for each weld give or take and the weldenator did get warm but about the same temp as the one running the jeep i think this thing has earned it's cost in peace of mind knowing that i can weld almost anything any where