mr_magicfingers
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Hi all,
I'm new to welding, having bought a Clarke 235E to repair a trailer I own. My brother is a qualified welder and he's been teaching me the basics and doing the majority of the work for me. I bought the welder via Ebay and, despite being a bit tatty, it's cleaned up nicely and has been working well until this past weekend.
While working on the trailer, it just seemed to lose power. It feeds the wire, the contacter clicks, it sparks an arc, gas flows etc, but once it's sparked the arc is seems to lose power to keep the arc going and you get glowing wire and a little 'foof' of yellow flame.
We poked around and couldn't see anything obviously wrong, so I'm turning to the forum for help. Alternatively, is there anyone in London you'd recommend to have a look at it.
I'm on a tight budget, as the trailer is the foundation for the tiny house I'm building (http://jaystinyhouse.com) which I'm building while I'm unemployed from recycled parts. You can see photos of the welder in the most recent post there.
Cheers,
Justin.
I'm new to welding, having bought a Clarke 235E to repair a trailer I own. My brother is a qualified welder and he's been teaching me the basics and doing the majority of the work for me. I bought the welder via Ebay and, despite being a bit tatty, it's cleaned up nicely and has been working well until this past weekend.
While working on the trailer, it just seemed to lose power. It feeds the wire, the contacter clicks, it sparks an arc, gas flows etc, but once it's sparked the arc is seems to lose power to keep the arc going and you get glowing wire and a little 'foof' of yellow flame.
We poked around and couldn't see anything obviously wrong, so I'm turning to the forum for help. Alternatively, is there anyone in London you'd recommend to have a look at it.
I'm on a tight budget, as the trailer is the foundation for the tiny house I'm building (http://jaystinyhouse.com) which I'm building while I'm unemployed from recycled parts. You can see photos of the welder in the most recent post there.
Cheers,
Justin.
