Does anyone have a Giant tig welder

[lister]

Hi all, as the title says really, preferably the WSE200 AC/DC model
Mine went pop the other week and I've been trying in vain to get it repaired.
If you would be so kind to open it up and look at your HF start board and tell me the details, or colour coding on the part that has gone pop on my board, The brown n white point next to the 2 big blue discs (My way of explaining things lol) all i can see is a gold ring at the bottom.....
I've attached a pic.

Regards,

Rob

 

[lister]

My machine was manky inside, the burn tracks are from steel shavings...
I've got a little milling head on my dremel and started grinding the tracks out, when all clean I'm gonna fill the gaps with Q bond, fingers crossed it'll work!! lol

 

[overload]

Good luck! although I think you'll be needing a new circuit board if it's gone pop.

 

[lister]

The board hopefully hasn't, none of the burn marks follow any tracks, I've cleaned them out and it looks ok.

 

[Shox Dr]

My machine was manky inside, the burn tracks are from steel shavings...

Where did they come from?

 

[lister]

From all the cutting and grinding that i have been doing on the bench next to the welder.
I'd been meaning to open it up and blow some air through it for ages, it's my own fault being lazy!! lol

 

[lister]

Has anyone got a Giant Tig they would look into for me pretty please???

 

[tigler]

So are the scorch marks on the board from swarf and shavings being melted ?

 

[lister]

I think so, yes. I just want to try replacing the component, (think it was a resistor) Before cosigning unit to the scrapheap! It's gotta be worth trying for the pennies it will cost, just gotta find someone with a giant tig....

 

[tigler]

Yes, it was a resistor, you just need to know the value. Personally though I think it will have popped other components.

 

[lister]

It all powers up ok and it's only when you press the hf start button does the overvoltage cct kick in. I'm praying for a bit of luck cos my van has just gone bang and i could do with this being an easy fix!

 

[peterwing]

giant wse 200 tig

Hi I've just got one 2 days ago havent used it yet but the company I got it from
carry spare boards for them
LOCAL TOOL SALES CHADWICK ST MILL CHADWICK ST BLACKBURN LANCS BB2 4AA You can contact them on : 01254 697886 or 07930348489
hope this helps

 

[arceyed]

I got the DC pulsed model from the company mentioned above...wasn't sure why the HF circuit wouldn't arc...opened it up to find the two input wires for the HF board completly disconnected connected them then away we went, but quality control is poor form whoever they import them from...bought 3 different items from them each had a problem, they are quite good sending replacment parts but the units should work when you get them...but you buy cheap and expect quality not to be the best...the picture looks like the HF prongs have too much gap and may have been arcing to other components, the HF board in my plasma cutter looks identical to the one on my DC tig...but peterwing is right LTS you'll probably get an HF board from them

 

[stevehaylingisland]

wse-200

I have just bought a broken one of these but I can get info off the bottom board if you still need it. Steve