Mad Professor
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Good Day All.
This is my 1st post here.
I have owed my SIP Migmate Turbo 105 for about 5 years now.
Ever since I brought the unit the wire feed has been hit and miss, it never has a nice steady feed rate.
Since I have had it I have fitted a much stronger wire feeder from a old welder that died, this has made it better but still has the problem.
I see that the wire feed is a very common problem with the low end SIP mig welders.
Am I right that the power / current for the wire feed motor is taken from the little PCB on the front of the welder.
And if so is all the power / current for the wire feed motor all taken from the little transformer on the PCB.
I see that the transformer on the PCB is a 240vac to 12vac 1.5VA (125ma), wow this is small.
P-CD30-120113 Datasheet
I have tested the current draw of my upgraded motor, using a bench power supply set to 12volts.
Free running, upto 0.30amps @ 12volts.
Feeding Wire, upto 0.80amps @ 12volts.
Motor Near Stall, upto 2.00amps @ 12volts.
I have no idea what the standard motor draws as that was bined a long time ago.
Can I replace the standard small transformer with something bigger?
Thanks for your time.
This is my 1st post here.
I have owed my SIP Migmate Turbo 105 for about 5 years now.
Ever since I brought the unit the wire feed has been hit and miss, it never has a nice steady feed rate.
Since I have had it I have fitted a much stronger wire feeder from a old welder that died, this has made it better but still has the problem.
I see that the wire feed is a very common problem with the low end SIP mig welders.
Am I right that the power / current for the wire feed motor is taken from the little PCB on the front of the welder.
And if so is all the power / current for the wire feed motor all taken from the little transformer on the PCB.
I see that the transformer on the PCB is a 240vac to 12vac 1.5VA (125ma), wow this is small.
P-CD30-120113 Datasheet
I have tested the current draw of my upgraded motor, using a bench power supply set to 12volts.
Free running, upto 0.30amps @ 12volts.
Feeding Wire, upto 0.80amps @ 12volts.
Motor Near Stall, upto 2.00amps @ 12volts.
I have no idea what the standard motor draws as that was bined a long time ago.
Can I replace the standard small transformer with something bigger?
Thanks for your time.