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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
Observe Safety Guidelines detailed in the beginning of this manual.
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| Major physical or electrical damage | 1. Contact your local authorized |
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| is evident when the sheet metal |
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| covers are removed. |
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| Input fuses keep blowing, or input |
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| breaker keeps tripping. |
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| breakers are properly sized. |
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| See Installation section of this |
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| manual for recommended |
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| fuse and breaker sizes. |
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| 2. Welding procedure is drawing |
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| too much output current, or |
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| duty cycle is too high. |
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| Reduce output current, duty |
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| of misadjustments have been |
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| the power source. Contact an |
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| contact your local Lincoln |
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| Authorized Field Service Facility. |
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| Machine will not power up (no |
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| lights, no fan, etc.) |
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| (CE) is on. |
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| 2. Circuit Breaker CB1 (on Case |
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| Front) may have opened. |
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| Reset. An over load on the |
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| 40V Wire Feeder supply may |
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| 3. Circuit breaker CB3 (in recon- |
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| nect area) may have opened. |
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| Reset. |
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CAUTION
If for any reason you do not understand the test procedures or are unable to perform the tests/repairs safely, con- tact your local authorized Lincoln Electric Field Service Facility for technical assistance.