a rant, in B minor

[triker_Chewie]

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!!!!!!!!!!!

[kevsky]

there's always the pub

[Manky Monkey]

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.

[triker_Chewie]

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 ( )
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!!!!!!

[klogan45]

Good for you, don't let it wear you down.
Regards
K

[triker_Chewie]

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