Patent ID: 7259355

Claim:
A cabinet for an engine welder comprising an output power module driven by a DC input signal from a rectifier having an AC input signal created by an alternator rotated by an internal combustion engine, said output power module being in the form of a module with power switches and a control circuit for said switches, said engine including a control module and a set of gages and where said alternator is controlled by capacitors and diodes associated with output windings of the alternator, said cabinet having two side walls, a back panel and a front panel with one of said side walls and said back panel being generally closed, said front panel having a pivotally mounted first door with an open and closed position, an auxiliary door pivoted on said first door to expose weld control adjusting devices carried on said first door, and a fastening element, said first door exposing an accessible compartment when pivoted to its open position, said accessible compartment containing at least two items from a group consisting of said rectifier, said output power module exposing said switches and control circuit, said control module of said engine, and a support structure for said capacitors and diodes, said fastening element for mounting each gage of said set of gages onto said pivoted door, said gages being oriented for visual inspection from a first surface of said first door when said first door is in its closed position closing said accessible compartment.