T.E.D. Jordan
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Hi,
any help would be appreciated!
I bought a Lincoln Electric Compact 220 mig welder for pennies recently, as 'condition unknown' (Basically I was under no illusion to the fact that the welder was not working).
I got it home, wired a 32amp 240V socket in and connected some loose wires to their apparent homes inside the casing. I borrowed a euro trigger off another welder from round the corner and put a new cable on the machine.
When turned on, the light comes on, it makes the right noise for idling (Fan spinning at the back etc), but when I press the trigger the motor for the wire feed does not turn and it barks a flat noise back, and I can see some plastic unit pulling what appear to be relays of some sort in? I've checked the motor off the machine with a 12v DC feed and its perfect so any other ideas?
After a couple of seconds of holding the trigger in it trips my breaker box also.
Any help would be appreciated. Pics to follow.
Jordan
any help would be appreciated!
I bought a Lincoln Electric Compact 220 mig welder for pennies recently, as 'condition unknown' (Basically I was under no illusion to the fact that the welder was not working).
I got it home, wired a 32amp 240V socket in and connected some loose wires to their apparent homes inside the casing. I borrowed a euro trigger off another welder from round the corner and put a new cable on the machine.
When turned on, the light comes on, it makes the right noise for idling (Fan spinning at the back etc), but when I press the trigger the motor for the wire feed does not turn and it barks a flat noise back, and I can see some plastic unit pulling what appear to be relays of some sort in? I've checked the motor off the machine with a 12v DC feed and its perfect so any other ideas?
After a couple of seconds of holding the trigger in it trips my breaker box also.
Any help would be appreciated. Pics to follow.
Jordan