I have a Century 90amp MIG Welder that i just recently switched over to "true" MIG, using Goldstar C25 Sheilding Gas (75% Argon/25% Carbon Dioxide), well anyways I am new to welding, I am a mechanic and do light welding (Exhaust, Body Panels, etc...) I am no expert by any means.
Well anyways my problem is today when I got home from work I wanted to do some practice welding to get use to the gas setup, I welded my exhaust on my jeep for fun and is came out pretty good, then I had some very thin metal lying around it was actually an old heat shield for an exhaust manifold or something, so I just ran some beads at different temperatures and speeds, well I was welding pretty heavy and the breaker in the house tripped, so i turned the welder off and all the way down (FAN ONLY) and flipped the breaker, then turned it back on to allow the fan to cool the machine down. Waited about 15 minutes and turn the voltage setting up to 1 and as soon as I did it tripped the breaker again. I then unplugged it and put it away, went out about 6 hours later and tried again and the same thing happens, so I d/c'd the extension cord (thinking the cord might have shorted out) and plugged directly into the wall and it still trips the breaker, tried a different recepticle on a different breaker and same thing happened. Now I have had this welder for about 2 weeks now, got it from a friend, and worked fine up until this happened. Any Suggestions?
Joe
Well anyways my problem is today when I got home from work I wanted to do some practice welding to get use to the gas setup, I welded my exhaust on my jeep for fun and is came out pretty good, then I had some very thin metal lying around it was actually an old heat shield for an exhaust manifold or something, so I just ran some beads at different temperatures and speeds, well I was welding pretty heavy and the breaker in the house tripped, so i turned the welder off and all the way down (FAN ONLY) and flipped the breaker, then turned it back on to allow the fan to cool the machine down. Waited about 15 minutes and turn the voltage setting up to 1 and as soon as I did it tripped the breaker again. I then unplugged it and put it away, went out about 6 hours later and tried again and the same thing happens, so I d/c'd the extension cord (thinking the cord might have shorted out) and plugged directly into the wall and it still trips the breaker, tried a different recepticle on a different breaker and same thing happened. Now I have had this welder for about 2 weeks now, got it from a friend, and worked fine up until this happened. Any Suggestions?
Joe