Hobart 180 SD manual Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Process and Material Thickness Guide Label

3-6. Process and Material Thickness Guide Label

Guideline For Welding Process And Output For Material

					Material Thickness
Material And	22 ga	20 ga	18 ga	16 ga	14 ga	12 ga	11 ga	10 ga	6 ga	2 ga	–
Weld Output	0.033 in	0.036 in	0.048 in	0.06 in	0.07 in	0.1 in	0.125 in	0.14 in	0.186 in	0.25 in	0.25+ in
	0.8 mm	0.9 mm	1.2 mm	1.5 mm	1.8 mm	2.5 mm	3.2 mm	3.6 mm	4.8 mm	6.3 mm	6.3+ mm
Steel Or Stainless Steel										SMAW
( )
DCEN
ELECTRODE	GTAW						GTAW			With DCEP
NEGATIVE										Output
Aluminum										GTAW
	Difficult					Recommended
AC										Not
										Recommended
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SECTION 4 – MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

4-1. Routine Maintenance

Y Disconnect power before maintaining.

. Maintain more often during severe conditions.

3 Months

Replace unreadable labels.

Clean and tighten weld terminals.

Repair or replace cracked weld cable.

Repair or replace cracked gas hose.

Replace o-ring in Electrode/Gas

Output receptacle if cracked.

6 Months

Blow out or vacuum inside.

Or

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