Has anyone here had experience with one of these?
I was asked to help a gentleman who had purchased one, to set it up and get him welding.
No issues with the basic interface and we were soon cranked up on AC TIG.
The issue being that the machine is gutless at best. Despite the claimed 200A capacity, the highest that the machine will register on the display is 176A. After attempting to run a bead on some 5mm ally, I came to the conclusion that they are some new fangled micro amps! No power at all. 3mm ally requires at least 130A to run a bead and a 3mm corner to corner is damn cold at 145A. I doubt it will run a 3mm fillet terribly well.
To contrast, the 200A Cigweld that I occasionally use will easily handle 10mm.
I have tried twiddling the AC balance knob in a fruitless attempt to find some more arc heat. Frankly the balance dial seems to make sweet all difference to much at all.
The machine has been repaired once under warranty because it was throwing an error code of 1er. If anyone knows what that means I would be grateful as the manual says nothing at all about codes. The cause was supposedly a faulty display. The machine did throw the same code twice while we were using it, but only when maxxed out. I suspect it may indicate a supply voltage condition.
Honestly, I would take an ebay special over this one any day.
Are these things just a gutless wonder or is there an issue with this particular machine?
I was asked to help a gentleman who had purchased one, to set it up and get him welding.
No issues with the basic interface and we were soon cranked up on AC TIG.
The issue being that the machine is gutless at best. Despite the claimed 200A capacity, the highest that the machine will register on the display is 176A. After attempting to run a bead on some 5mm ally, I came to the conclusion that they are some new fangled micro amps! No power at all. 3mm ally requires at least 130A to run a bead and a 3mm corner to corner is damn cold at 145A. I doubt it will run a 3mm fillet terribly well.
To contrast, the 200A Cigweld that I occasionally use will easily handle 10mm.
I have tried twiddling the AC balance knob in a fruitless attempt to find some more arc heat. Frankly the balance dial seems to make sweet all difference to much at all.
The machine has been repaired once under warranty because it was throwing an error code of 1er. If anyone knows what that means I would be grateful as the manual says nothing at all about codes. The cause was supposedly a faulty display. The machine did throw the same code twice while we were using it, but only when maxxed out. I suspect it may indicate a supply voltage condition.
Honestly, I would take an ebay special over this one any day.
Are these things just a gutless wonder or is there an issue with this particular machine?
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