My mig welder is not feeding the wire | |
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pietrojavelina User ID: 71498 United States 04/25/2006 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One more thing to check is the contactor in the gun... |
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mig man (OP) User ID: 85636 United States 04/25/2006 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In order to check the voltage I'd have to open the panels and void the warrenty. My instinct tells me it is not in the unit. I seriously doubt the motor is bad. The machine is like new. Like I mentioned everything works EXCEPT the wire feed motor. I could weld if the wire would feed. Is there the possibilty that the gun could be broken or a terminal messed up in the gun that activates the wire feed? If so it seems to be a molded one piece unit, but there must be some way to take the gun apart. How do I take the gun apart? |
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mig man (OP) User ID: 85636 United States 04/25/2006 06:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll take the gun apart. I seriously don't think it's the motor or the PCB. I treated the gun pretty poorly when I look back. Kicked it a few times, stepped on it a few times, dropped it often, wacked it, used it as a hammer...etc. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 85649 United States 04/25/2006 06:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not everybody who hangs out here and posts is an idiot. Can you scan whatever circuit diagram Lincoln might have provided with the machine and post the scanned image to some public place? Might there be a Lincoln welder website where such a circuit diagram is already found? |
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mig man (OP) User ID: 85636 United States 04/25/2006 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Can you scan whatever circuit diagram Lincoln might have provided with the machine and post the scanned image to some public place?" I got it under control. The only reason I didn't test the motor is because its PCB is inside the machine and if I open it up it would void the warrenty...but the more I think about it the less I care about the warrenty. I'm going to open it up in the morning and put a voltmeter on it and track down the problem. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 85649 United States 04/25/2006 07:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here is a welding forum with five pages of trouble shooting circuit boards: [link to www.weldingweb.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 85649 United States 04/25/2006 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This thread on Lincoln machines mentions the speed control potentiometer as a potential problem: [link to www.weldingweb.com] |