right blokes, whilst im waiting for weldequip to come back from his hols, i wonder if i could pick your brains
when i had my torch apart the night i got the mig back(sip 150 migmate turbo), i couldnt figure out why the trigger spring had a blue wire to it, and whether it was meant to touch anything to create a connection/disconnection. my torch actually has two slightly dissimilar spring clips in it, but the photo on here only shows one. it seemed as if the secondary clip had to make contact with the feeder tube to contact it to the clip with the blue wire, and then break that contact when released. i'll post a photo of the picture you have, so's i can sort of figure out how to post photos lol, then nip to the garage and take a photo of me weird one..
i tried the torch without the secondary clip and the wire feed wouldnt start. i tried it with the secondary clip forming a permanent contact with the feed tube and the wirefeed started as soon as i started weldin but then wouldnt stop. so it appeared to me that it should be there, and it should connect/disconnect as the trigger is engaged/disengaged, but it just seemed a terribly hit and miss arrangement. then i saw your photo of how it should look, and thought i'd better find out what should/should not be happening lol
confused? i bloody was..
so..if you dont mind..my questions are..
1) what is the blue wire connection for?
2) should the secondary clip be there?
3) should it touch another electrical connection, bare wire etc?
4) should i just give up, stick to being a bricklayer, and give my welding jobs to someone who hasnt got my inherent high degree of mechanical and electrical ineptitude?
when i had my torch apart the night i got the mig back(sip 150 migmate turbo), i couldnt figure out why the trigger spring had a blue wire to it, and whether it was meant to touch anything to create a connection/disconnection. my torch actually has two slightly dissimilar spring clips in it, but the photo on here only shows one. it seemed as if the secondary clip had to make contact with the feeder tube to contact it to the clip with the blue wire, and then break that contact when released. i'll post a photo of the picture you have, so's i can sort of figure out how to post photos lol, then nip to the garage and take a photo of me weird one..
i tried the torch without the secondary clip and the wire feed wouldnt start. i tried it with the secondary clip forming a permanent contact with the feed tube and the wirefeed started as soon as i started weldin but then wouldnt stop. so it appeared to me that it should be there, and it should connect/disconnect as the trigger is engaged/disengaged, but it just seemed a terribly hit and miss arrangement. then i saw your photo of how it should look, and thought i'd better find out what should/should not be happening lol
confused? i bloody was..
so..if you dont mind..my questions are..
1) what is the blue wire connection for?
2) should the secondary clip be there?
3) should it touch another electrical connection, bare wire etc?
4) should i just give up, stick to being a bricklayer, and give my welding jobs to someone who hasnt got my inherent high degree of mechanical and electrical ineptitude?