Clarke 105en fault

[john0187]

Has your roll of wire shorted to the case ?

do you mean the handle case

 

[john0187]

sometimes smoke coming out of handle case and the wire is sticking to the neck liner in the neck

 

[rtbcomp]

Has your roll of wire shorted to the case ?

Assuming you mean the case of the machine, the case shouldn't be connected to the welding earth anyway.

Is the machine fitted with a steel liner or a Teflon liner - I mean the liner that goes from the machine to the swan neck.

The only way I can see this problem occurring is for current to go up the thick copper conductor in the torch, across to the wire and back down to the return, but this would mean the liner and/or the welding wire would have to be connected to the welding return as R Kraft suggested.

With the welder unplugged from the mains check for continuity between the welding return and the roll of wire. It should be open circuit.

 

[john0187]

its the handle of the torch whats welding itself inside the neck I have brought new tips new neck liner and shroud!! only thing I could try is new neck!!???

 

[rtbcomp]

With the welder unplugged from the mains check for continuity between the welding return and the roll of wire. It should be open circuit.

 

[john0187]

just brought new neck and doing same thing !!

 

[rtbcomp]

Go back to the beginning of the thread, read all the posts and gives us answers to questions you haven't answered and perform the test we suggested. Let us know the results.