garagemanf250
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I was welding some new floor pans in tonight and my Hobart 180 MIG welder was working fine. I put the gun down....pounded a few places on the floor pan, then tried to weld again....nothing....no arc....reset clamp..tried again..nothing....then a breaker blew in the wall box.....I reset the breaker and then tried again and a POP sounded from inside my welder and the fuse blew again.
I have been using a 10 foot extension cord that I made myself for my welder last week. I used 10 guage wire just like I did to wire up the 220 outlet for it. At first it was working fine. I am not sure if maybe it was the extension cord or what? After pushing the rest button, and plugging the welder directly into the outlet it works fine now but the weld sounds more like "bacon frying" than it did before.
Any ideas on what may have happened?
Tony
I have been using a 10 foot extension cord that I made myself for my welder last week. I used 10 guage wire just like I did to wire up the 220 outlet for it. At first it was working fine. I am not sure if maybe it was the extension cord or what? After pushing the rest button, and plugging the welder directly into the outlet it works fine now but the weld sounds more like "bacon frying" than it did before.
Any ideas on what may have happened?
Tony