The welding machine business is blooming as a lot of welders are bringing their machine to be either fixed or maintained. Unfortunately, not many welding technicians think of maintaining their machine but most of them bring them when the machine breaks down. So sometimes I get machines with tough repair and sometimes I get a machines like this with just a minor one, take a look.
One of my regular customers brought this welding machine for repair. I have not seen this kind before but like I said before, they are all the same and do the same job.
It is a dead welding machine and as always I check, the cable, power plug, power switch and of course capacitors. Read More
A welding technician brought this dead welding machine for repair. It is a Turkish made welding machine. Many people are buying the same model and they are cheap. From a repair point of view they are complicated to repair and the parts are hard to find.
I powered the machine to see what was wrong with it but it did not come on and I could not hear the fan running either.
My brother brought his welding machine for repair. He explained the problem; as he was powering up the welder the earth leakage keeps tripping.
He had this machine for almost 15 years and although it looks beat up and old it is still doing what is supposed to do.
I powered up the machine and as I pushed the power button, the earth leakage in my shop was tripped as my brother explained earlier. I did not do any welding with it, just plug in the power cord and push the power button on.
A guy called me urgently about his welding machine. He said that it stopped working because the welding technician by mistakes bumped into it causing to stop working. I always listen to the customer but I usually do my own checking later on.
The moment I powered up the machine, I saw this right away which is a common fault in this kind of machines. The overheat LED light comes on due to many reasons. Read More