Hi all, hoping you can help me get my welding machine back up and running.
Placed a tack with my Stamos 175 multi-process machine, setup for MIG today using flux core wire without gas. Placed one tack then the machine kept triggering the breaker. I tried letting it rest, checked the 16A plug was fully inserted, tried it with a 13A fly lead, same result.
It fed wire for a couple of seconds once, then triggered the breaker again, but the majority of attempts; once pressing the trigger on the MIG gun the machine would make a loud popping sound then trigger the breaker without any wire being fed out of the gun and no arc.
I had a return lead connected to the work piece, the machine powers up with lights on and the internal fan seems to be working.
I took the side panel off and took the following photo, there seemed to be a bit of copper visible on a small wire, which I temporary covered with insulation tape in case it was shorting on the side panel; no change. No smoke or flashes could be seen and there were no bad smells coming from the machine.
Any ideas what could be causing the problem, and how I could go about fixing it please?
Placed a tack with my Stamos 175 multi-process machine, setup for MIG today using flux core wire without gas. Placed one tack then the machine kept triggering the breaker. I tried letting it rest, checked the 16A plug was fully inserted, tried it with a 13A fly lead, same result.
It fed wire for a couple of seconds once, then triggered the breaker again, but the majority of attempts; once pressing the trigger on the MIG gun the machine would make a loud popping sound then trigger the breaker without any wire being fed out of the gun and no arc.
I had a return lead connected to the work piece, the machine powers up with lights on and the internal fan seems to be working.
I took the side panel off and took the following photo, there seemed to be a bit of copper visible on a small wire, which I temporary covered with insulation tape in case it was shorting on the side panel; no change. No smoke or flashes could be seen and there were no bad smells coming from the machine.
Any ideas what could be causing the problem, and how I could go about fixing it please?