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Old 08-17-2017, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BillC View Post
Your welding helmets might not be dark enough. They recommend at least a 14 shade, and most welding helmets are only 13 shade. And, the auto-darkening ones may not go dark at all, since they're looking for a sudden bright flash to trigger, which you won't have from the eclipse.

Might want to just pick up some paper eclipse glasses. Lowes sells some for $1.98, other stores probably have them too.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to take a closer look at them tonite to see if the specs are available.
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