the repair man
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sorry i havent commented on this for ages.. i managed to get the welder to work and i think it must have been bad connections becuase it would work and then stop feeding and i will just give it a little kick and it would start again, well usually took a few kicks, but the other day it was really annoying me and stopped feeding and i kicked it a bit hard and it stopped completely, i took the side off and could see that somehow i have broke a soldered component off of the pcb, so im going to try and solder it back on and if that doesnt work i think i will buy a new welder
Something no-one has mentioned, but is cheap to try, get a can of contact cleaner I like Isopropol alchohol, saturate all, contactor, motor, pcb, everything. Manually switch contactor as your spraying it. With old dried up pcb's I remove them and give them a quick dip in a hot oven, this often helps any dry solders, or of course you could re-solder everything. Invest £5 in a mutlimeter, it will be invaluable...good luck