€7,200 for 2 weeks ? I'm in the wrong business !
Thank you very much for your time, I did not think the redesign could be so expensive. I understand all the work you can have, but that is almost the price of a new 125 ADP (8021€), so it's not worth it.
I will keep you in mind for other projects that can not be obtained directly in the market!
Regards.
€7,200 for 2 weeks ? I'm in the wrong business !That's a 90€ hourly rate for an experienced (26yrs) freelance electronics design service. That's an average to below-average rate, considering that this also includes me running a lab and small-scale manufacturing facilities.
€7,200 for 2 weeks ? I'm in the wrong business !That's a 90€ hourly rate for an experienced (26yrs) freelance electronics design service. That's an average to below-average rate, considering that this also includes me running a lab and small-scale manufacturing facilities.I love your work, have purchased your products and I'm really happy with both how they work and the value of them - But let me just put that design service into perspective.
I'm a Principal Software Engineer (Which is really the same kind of work just in a different industry: A lot of design, research and problem solving) with 8 years of commercial experience plus a load of experience as a hobbyist before that. I also work for a large international company so that changes the figures, but let's talk ballpark here - My hourly pay is about £26 / hour and I thought I was paid reasonably. I appreciate that fee also includes general costs such as national insurance or whatever equivalent you have in Germany and you need to charge extra to ensure that you cover the gaps where you're not being contracted to do any design work, but the components and manufacturing in your quote were separate so it's really just your time that's covered as it is in mine.
So as I say, I really am in the wrong business if that's typical !
€7,200 for 2 weeks ? I'm in the wrong business !That's a 90€ hourly rate for an experienced (26yrs) freelance electronics design service. That's an average to below-average rate, considering that this also includes me running a lab and small-scale manufacturing facilities.I love your work, have purchased your products and I'm really happy with both how they work and the value of them - But let me just put that design service into perspective.
I'm a Principal Software Engineer (Which is really the same kind of work just in a different industry: A lot of design, research and problem solving) with 8 years of commercial experience plus a load of experience as a hobbyist before that. I also work for a large international company so that changes the figures, but let's talk ballpark here - My hourly pay is about £26 / hour and I thought I was paid reasonably. I appreciate that fee also includes general costs such as national insurance or whatever equivalent you have in Germany and you need to charge extra to ensure that you cover the gaps where you're not being contracted to do any design work, but the components and manufacturing in your quote were separate so it's really just your time that's covered as it is in mine.
So as I say, I really am in the wrong business if that's typical !
I'm a Principal Software Engineer (Which is really the same kind of work just in a different industry: A lot of design, research and problem solving) with 8 years of commercial experience plus a load of experience as a hobbyist before that. I also work for a large international company so that changes the figures, but let's talk ballpark here - My hourly pay is about £26 / hour and I thought I was paid reasonably. So as I say, I really am in the wrong business if that's typical !
€7,200 for 2 weeks ? I'm in the wrong business !That's a 90€ hourly rate for an experienced (26yrs) freelance electronics design service. That's an average to below-average rate, considering that this also includes me running a lab and small-scale manufacturing facilities.I love your work, have purchased your products and I'm really happy with both how they work and the value of them - But let me just put that design service into perspective.
I'm a Principal Software Engineer (Which is really the same kind of work just in a different industry: A lot of design, research and problem solving) with 8 years of commercial experience plus a load of experience as a hobbyist before that. I also work for a large international company so that changes the figures, but let's talk ballpark here - My hourly pay is about £26 / hour and I thought I was paid reasonably. I appreciate that fee also includes general costs such as national insurance or whatever equivalent you have in Germany and you need to charge extra to ensure that you cover the gaps where you're not being contracted to do any design work, but the components and manufacturing in your quote were separate so it's really just your time that's covered as it is in mine.
So as I say, I really am in the wrong business if that's typical !
It's not far off.
Admittedly, we have a drives manufacturing company we have worked with before, they contract @ 75 Euros an hour.
If your company was to contract you out to another company, you can generally expect them to charge that kind of rate.
The average machine shop charges around £60 per hour for shop time / engineering hours too, though the employee is going to be paid less, the rest of that goes to the companies profit, the lighting, electric, equipment, insurance etc. etc. etc.
The company would need to have savings, imagine if their place burnt down, they'd be out of business, or say their oscilliscope died, they would have to spend out potentially 10k+ or even more for a new one, let alone P&P machines / reflow ovens. All that cost goes into covering the cost of the machines, in perspective it makes a lot of sense.
Sorry to take this thread so far off topic, but it's a really interesting discussion - It's not often that pay is compared across industries, let alone across countries and employment vs self-employment.
For myself, pension and taxes are also taken out of my figure so I'm quite far behind - It looks like I should stop working hard to put money in the pockets of my employers and instead work hard to put money in my own pocket even with the considerations you all raised so thank you for opening my eyes to that one !
tatus1969: Don't feel bad about your health insurance. We get "free" health care (We still pay for it in hidden ways) which is fine if you break your arm while drinking, but if you have a serious condition you often don't end up getting the care you actually need - You get what you pay for at the end of the day and if your health care is anything like you cars, need I say more.
It's great news As soon as the first production is finished, two for me, a) + c)
Finally I bought a Miyachi Unitek 100ADP at a good price (used), but I will also continue working with Kweld. Please, let me know when the Kweld software is modified to be able to use the delay function in manual mode, it would be very helpful!
Regards
Thank you
Of course, when I have the new welder running we can compare results, if I can do some concrete test, you just have to tell me!
The biggest difference seems to be in the welding time, the 100ADP machine welds at a lower voltage, in a shorter time and at a higher current.
Regards
kWeld assembly and use video by HB Powerwall (not me)
"This is by far the best 18650 spotwelder I've used to date, fast doesn't get too hot and consistent welds. The end result would have looked much cleaner with new cells rather than recycled - but recycled cells works for me."
Hi Frank, I'm trying to update "181205_kweld_release_r2_6.zip" firmware but no avail.
I lunch PuTTY, choose COM21 at 115200, Serial, Open. On black screen I type "k" (small letter) and nothing happens. See my screen shot attached.
At lower left side you can see "Offline". Could you explain me what I can do to have this "Connected"?
Thank you in advance.
FredNuno.