The reason these other fellas are asking is because there is a difference between down hill and down hand welding positions. Down hill welding is in the vertical position ( l ), but the travel direction is down rather than up, and downhand welding is usually referred to welding in the flat position ( __ ) or where all welding is downhand rather than over head or out of position. These are two terms that gets thrown around alot in our type of work without much thought, but there is a difference.

I just looked in the AWS A3.0 (Standard for Welding Terms and Definitions)

....and for Downhand it says, "Downhand. a non-standard term for flat welding position."

....and for Downhill it says, "Downhill. Welding with a downward progression."

Hope this helps.

He is welding on a Xcountry pipeline. Downhill. And if you look at the hand position when welding downhill, the palm is pointing down. Down hand
Bead 240 & 45
HP 240 & 70
Fill 240 & 50
Cap 240  45
This will depend on each machine. Some are hotter some are colder. These settings will need to be adjusted up or down 5 depending on you and your technique.
Good luck
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