athoirs
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| posted on 20/6/12 at 03:03 PM |
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AC/DC Tig Fault
Just passing on some info/personal experience.
Have one of those Chinese Greenbird AC/DC 200 amp Tigs which I bought with the group buy on here. Been working fine but recently have been finding the
HF start has been intermittently staying on.
I traced the fault to the AC/DC switch on the front panel being open circuit- replaced switch and now working fine.
Andy
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FASTdan
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| posted on 20/6/12 at 03:07 PM |
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What symptoms suggest the HF is staying on? Just curious as mine has a funny start up thing sometimes - whereby it arcs up but crackles/buzzes for
several seconds before the arc stabilizes and you can start welding....
Wondering if mine is the same problem....
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athoirs
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| posted on 20/6/12 at 03:17 PM |
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The thing is I thought it was the HF start causing the problem - but it was staying in AC (off and on!) - also might be worth cleaning /checking the
spark gap on your machine if its giving you problems ( I cannt remember what the gap should be)
Andy
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froggy
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| posted on 20/6/12 at 05:16 PM |
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my giant 200 has been playing up too but seems to have resolved itself .there was a firm specializing in repairing chinese tigs but i cant remember
the name 
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/6/12 at 10:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by froggy
my giant 200 has been playing up too but seems to have resolved itself .there was a firm specializing in repairing chinese tigs but i cant remember
the name
Plasmapart do repairs as well as selling machines I think.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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FASTdan
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| posted on 21/6/12 at 08:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by froggy
my giant 200 has been playing up too but seems to have resolved itself .there was a firm specializing in repairing chinese tigs but i cant remember
the name
Cut40 is the bloke who offers the repair service and UK back-up.
Will have a check of my switches :-)
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