Matchless
I started with nothing, still have most of it left
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I have never TIG welded, yet alone water cooled torches but I would have thought lack of water would cause the torch to get very hot and melt the water pipes, this is the power cable / gas hose fused together, the water hoses and cable to an extra push button clipped over the torch were stuck in place but the primary heat source was the power cable...they ran it out of water....simple.
BTW I would fashion a cover over the control panel.
Friend had one, welding grinding and cutting away, blew sparks & metal on it, very expensive to replace (if they even offer it anymore)
He fit a truck rubber mud flap over it, IIRC on a hinge.
swing it up to set things, flip it back down.