hello all i am new to this forum and any help much appreciated with regards to my problem
ok......i was bought a brand new boxed sealey 185 super mig as a gift aprox 6 yrs ago and it has been kept in box un-used for 5 yrs + .....pulled it out and used once aprox 12 month ago to weld a rsj on my house extension so has only had a few hrs use from new.
left the mig in the garage ever since until today when i got it out to weld the exhaust back on my transit van.....just started to weld for a few seconds then the wire feed stopped working ?
i then losened the wire feed spring and checked for snags.....nothing ?
pull the trigger on torch and it just makes clicking noise with nothing from the feed motor ?
next i removed the side panel and checked all the connections which appear ok so i then put a 12 volt supply to the wire feed motor and it worked perfectly......however i have noticed some surface rust on some of the components and think that due to being in a cold / damp garage it might have done the pcb in even tho it looks fine ?
anyone any ideas please as i am gutted as this mig is 6 - 7 yr old and had 1 days use so as new condition,ideally i want to fix it if this is cost effective but i dont want to buy one part after another and end up still not fixed ?
any help and advice much appreciated thanx all ......
ok......i was bought a brand new boxed sealey 185 super mig as a gift aprox 6 yrs ago and it has been kept in box un-used for 5 yrs + .....pulled it out and used once aprox 12 month ago to weld a rsj on my house extension so has only had a few hrs use from new.
left the mig in the garage ever since until today when i got it out to weld the exhaust back on my transit van.....just started to weld for a few seconds then the wire feed stopped working ?
i then losened the wire feed spring and checked for snags.....nothing ?
pull the trigger on torch and it just makes clicking noise with nothing from the feed motor ?
next i removed the side panel and checked all the connections which appear ok so i then put a 12 volt supply to the wire feed motor and it worked perfectly......however i have noticed some surface rust on some of the components and think that due to being in a cold / damp garage it might have done the pcb in even tho it looks fine ?
anyone any ideas please as i am gutted as this mig is 6 - 7 yr old and had 1 days use so as new condition,ideally i want to fix it if this is cost effective but i dont want to buy one part after another and end up still not fixed ?
any help and advice much appreciated thanx all ......