[TheForge] welder woes

Tue Dec 31 00:08:01 2002

Is it plugged into the same source? ie the circuit breaker may be of a
different amperage where it is now compared to where you did the first
welds.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 30 December, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] welder woes

> At 03:23 PM 12/30/02, you wrote:
>
>
> Larry; those are stout old machines and easy to get parts for. Certainly
> the most welder for the buck. I'd unplug it and open it up and blow it out
> as recommended; then go through it cleaning and tightening all the
> connections and opening up and cleaning the switch and relay contacts.
>   If it is popping your breakers that fast , some component should be
> holding extra heat  as an indicator of where to look.
> Worth fixing, even if you have it done......Pete
>
> >HI gang,
> >     Was hoping someone might have an idea as to what may have died,
> >shorted, or otherwise become tango uniform in my welder.
> >     The story starts with me buying a used but in clean condition
> >Lincoln ac/dc 225 welder about 6 months past.  I took it home plugged it
> >in and burned up half a dozen 3/32 rods on some projects I had that had
> >been waiting welding.  Life was good.  I then went out of town for many
> >moons.  Well today I need to weld something, so I make ready, and when I
> >turn on the welder, it makes a loud buzzing  noise, and then opens the
> >feed breaker.  I tried all settings, AC, DC, and low current settings.
> >At low settings it hums instead of buzzing, but still pops the breaker
> >after about 20 seconds.
> >     I opened up the back and can not find any shorts or unwanted
> >critters.  Nor can I find any components that seem to be over heating.
> >The noise seems to be from one of the transformers, which I can not
> >tell.
> >
> >Any ideas?  Are these usually worth bothering to take to repair?  I
> >don't want to spend a much repairing a used one as a new with warranty
> >costs.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >
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