Hello i bought a butters/javac 200 AC/DC from DIYWelding last January (2008) and last month when i was welding brass my machine stopped working. I had run out of Argon halfway through, so i connected the bottle of Argoshield from my mig and within 5 minutes my welder stopped working. I still get a readout on the LED display as to how many amps i am running, but i dont get any spark from the torch. I have checked the earth lead which is fine and then put in the stick (MMA) which is also not giving me any spark. Do you think did the gas do it, i read somewhere that argoshield does not give the same cooling properties, and i think i saw the temperature LED on, also it says gas cooled at the back of my machine. DIYwelding tell me the warranty runs out after a year, so i dont want to send it to them. Anybody got any ideas what has happened and how i can solve the problem.
Thank you for any help
Thank you for any help