One of my frequent customers brought this machine to my shop and explained the problem. I powered up the machine and sure enough, white smoke came out. Right away, I unplugged it and got it ready for repair. It was very clear from this demonstration, that plastic is burning, not something serious. The serious thing that I noticed was, there was no fan running and the power switch was no clicking the way it should be.
My brother, who in the welding business brought this to my shop, His shop is right next to mine. He did not know what happened to it but suddenly, it stopped working. When I powered up the machine, I could hear something rapidly ticking inside.
I took the cover off and got the main power board. Read More
A welding technician came to my shop and explained the main problem with this welding machine. He said, the moment he starts to weld, it worked for a minute or two then it stops.
An Italian made welding machine was brought to my shop for repair and the problem was a dead machine. A no power issue is very easy to fix in welding machines. We always expect the worse but it comes to the simplest fix ever.
These kind of welding machines are usually taken for granted. People who operate such machines do not bother to do any kind of maintenance on it therefore damaging it on the long run. Read More