Luke Ormond
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Hi fellas!
Acquired a Supermig 180.. think its a V1 from looking on the internet. Having problems making the wire feed motor start up at all. When pulling the trigger on the torch, I am getting a clicking/banging noise from the welder unit. Have done this with the side panel off, and can see that a white box on the bottom front of the unit is moving, almost looks like a switch.
Have also bought a multimeter off eBay, and have followed the two power wires coming from the back of the motor, have tested as best I can (being cautious to not touch any other connections with the back of my hands when diving in.. yes I did get a tickle off one of them which was when I stopped messing about). As far as I got with the testing, there is no feed of electric going to the motor when pulling the trigger on the torch. I assume this should be a 12V feed to the motor?
Have also taken a video, uploaded on below link.
Total novice to welding, got the unit at a cheap price as my first welder.
Any advice to get me up and going would be helpful please!
Many thanks!
Acquired a Supermig 180.. think its a V1 from looking on the internet. Having problems making the wire feed motor start up at all. When pulling the trigger on the torch, I am getting a clicking/banging noise from the welder unit. Have done this with the side panel off, and can see that a white box on the bottom front of the unit is moving, almost looks like a switch.
Have also bought a multimeter off eBay, and have followed the two power wires coming from the back of the motor, have tested as best I can (being cautious to not touch any other connections with the back of my hands when diving in.. yes I did get a tickle off one of them which was when I stopped messing about). As far as I got with the testing, there is no feed of electric going to the motor when pulling the trigger on the torch. I assume this should be a 12V feed to the motor?
Have also taken a video, uploaded on below link.
Total novice to welding, got the unit at a cheap price as my first welder.
Any advice to get me up and going would be helpful please!
Many thanks!