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Title: a rant, in B minor Post by: triker_Chewie on May 23, 2011, 09:12:07 AM i've got this week off of work, the mrs doesnt, the kids are still going to school as normal
i'm home alone and able to do those things you cant when lumbered with wife and childs welding hapily away, i hear a pop followed by nothing from the mig controll circuit fuse blon i replaced that with a resettable overload but the real fault is still there blew 4 hours going over the whole wiring and its either 1- a bridge rectifier or 2- the electric brake in the motor the rectifier feeds the motor snd when i disconnect it the fault passes 1 is cheep the other not so i do have a remote wire feeder that i can modify to work on this unit but aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggh its eating my time off man!!!!!!!!!!! Title: Re: a rant, in B minor Post by: kevsky on May 23, 2011, 07:56:57 PM there's always the pub
Title: Re: a rant, in B minor Post by: Manky Monkey on May 23, 2011, 11:08:38 PM I've got no idea what you're talking about Ben, but believe me, I sympathise. Garage time is sacred & not to be wasted doing battle with the 'leccy gremlins.
Title: Re: a rant, in B minor Post by: triker_Chewie on May 24, 2011, 03:56:10 AM 65cent rectifier didnt fix it, thinking now its a capacitor
luckyly my bro qball scrounged an unwanted remote wirefeeder before his work threw it out ( :o) id always ment to use it but not had the time ends and means so i bodged a little and now my range has expanded!!! back in the game for some welding time!!!!!! Title: Re: a rant, in B minor Post by: klogan45 on May 24, 2011, 01:42:19 PM Good for you, don't let it wear you down.
Regards K Title: Re: a rant, in B minor Post by: triker_Chewie on May 25, 2011, 08:56:49 AM been welding like a barsteward all day
main jobs were 1 a welding bench, funnyly enough. sick of crawling on the floor 2 a fabricated fireplace from i beams and plate 3 a sheet metal folder getting along ok |