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Ok right Ive just popped back round the garage to check to see if there is a "tail" of wire touching the case. "No there isn't" And I can't see anything else glaringly obvious.
Though forgive me for being "Stupid, maybe" but I have just fitted a dinse plug an socket assembly. Have a look at the pics and see if this is right or should the socket through the front panel be completely insulated?
It does have a serrated washer so I assumed it just tightened right up on the front panel.
Thanks for any replies.
Bobo
Though forgive me for being "Stupid, maybe" but I have just fitted a dinse plug an socket assembly. Have a look at the pics and see if this is right or should the socket through the front panel be completely insulated?
It does have a serrated washer so I assumed it just tightened right up on the front panel.
Thanks for any replies.
Bobo
mike 109444
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Don't think your ground socket should be making an electrical connection to the chassie of the welder. If you get a meter and meter (set on lowest ohms setting) between the roller marked with red x and the chassie of the welder you may find there is a low reading indicating that the roller (and wire being fed) are shorting. it is possible that one of the bolts marked with yellow circle or the euro socket you have fitted? are shorting it out.
Just to double check something.
When You say this Mike
I take it you mean the dinse socket I fitted in the front panel.??
If so would a fibre washer behind the Nut cure that, do you think?
Ive still to get round the garage to check with a meter the other thing.
Thanks
When You say this Mike
I take it you mean the dinse socket I fitted in the front panel.??
If so would a fibre washer behind the Nut cure that, do you think?
Ive still to get round the garage to check with a meter the other thing.
Thanks
I think I've got a massive reading but I'm not very Clever with a meter. Even now I cant remember if I used the Ohms or Continuity setting, proberly both actually.... But I did remember the figure itself, it was 1305. Anyone think this sounds right or not so to speak...??
I'm waiting for a new one to arrive then I'll be more careful with it along with some more research into using one....
I think I may have damaged the last few meters I've had by not understanding them properly....
Bloody Hell I sound "THICK!!!!"
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have you checked that the heavy cable in the lance is connect in the torch it sounds as if the wire is taking the current and burning out/heating in the lance , also check the size of the tip if its worn the wire may not be connecting to it as it passes through because that should be the last place the high current connects with the wire so that it heats up and melts only between the tip and the job. one way to check is to weld then stop then send the wire through but not welding and look at the wire if it is blue the wire is passing all the current
Ok so bearing this in mind then, I use a 0.8 tip with 0.6 wire. So is that not necessarilly a good idea either then ?
Ok fair comment an noted, I'll swap it for a 0.6 tip then.
Ok. I had another play with the mig today. After taking the dinse socket apart again I realised I'd fitted it to the front panel completely wrong!!!
Refitted it correctly, an it seems to be
fine again... So with a bit of luck it's cured the breaking/burning wire thing now too....
Hoping to get round there again tomorrow and have another play for a bit longer that should confirm that what I did today was successful...
A big thanks to everybody for their input I couldn't have done it without you all...
Refitted it correctly, an it seems to be
fine again... So with a bit of luck it's cured the breaking/burning wire thing now too....Hoping to get round there again tomorrow and have another play for a bit longer that should confirm that what I did today was successful...
A big thanks to everybody for their input I couldn't have done it without you all...
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Ah so the dinse socket was earthing to the case therefore the current was going both ways, passing back from the tip through the feeding wire and back to the rollers, and also across the wire gap ?
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Yea something like that I spose... Im still not sure I understand it but it's working again now..
I cant beleive I fitted it wrong in the first place really... The problem was I never took the dinse socket assembly apart I just fitted as it was an didn't even realise there was 2 halves to the socket, the front half as the socket and the rear half as an insulator to go behind the front panel too.
Though I'll have to wait an see if it still breaks the wire at all. As it was actually doing this before I fitted the dinse socket; Though it would take a bit of
before it burned it off, would probably weld for about 20-30 seconds then burn the wire off..But again, really, thanks for everyones help with this.
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back in black , for those about to rock, WE SALUTE YOU!!!!!!!
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if it happens again check the reel of wire doesnt have some wire sticking out of the centre of the reel coming into contact with the welder body as it turns, you will have to remove the reel to check, it has happened before and will burn / snap before or at the rollers not after
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good tip
even better, I'm YET to see them!! ya lucky B*****D
Angus rules !!!
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