[TheForge] Trouble shooting welder

[Gladish Family]

PlumDon at aol.com wrote:

>Hoping for some advice on a problem with my very old, much used Hobart 250  
>mig welder. Whenever I pull the trigger the wire burns right up to the nozzle  
>with a flash of blue light. I have tried making sure I have a good ground and  
>filed clean the copper grounding clamps. But that didn't help.
> 
>Kindest thanks for any suggestions.
> 
>Don Plummer
>  
>
Don, I've had this problem with my almost new Miller 250. I found that 
the spool wasn't feeding smoothly, can't remember why just now. It would 
stall and the wire would burn- I'm sure there could be many other 
causes, but that was the problem on mine.

Andy G.,