OUTPUT SYSTEM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TROUBLE

 

 

CAUSE

 

 

WHAT TO DO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E. Contactor does not pull in when

 

 

1. Welding terminal switch in wrong

 

 

1.

Place switch S6 in “Always On”

 

 

scratch starting when engine

 

 

 

position.

 

 

 

position.

 

 

goes to high idle.

 

 

2. Faulty wiring in contactor circuit.

 

 

2.

Check for broken leads #224C,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#232A, and #224.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Check switch and leads #247,

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Faulty remote switch S6.

 

 

 

and #250.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Replace contactor with known

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Faulty contactor.

 

 

 

good one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Replace P.C. Board with known

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Faulty P.C. Board PCB1.

 

 

 

good one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F. Contactor does not pull in when

 

 

1. “WELDING TERMINALS” switch

 

 

1.

Place switch S6 in “REMOTELY

 

 

using a wire feeder with a control

 

 

 

in wrong position.

 

 

 

CONTROLLED” position.

 

 

cable plugged into amphenol.

 

 

2. Faulty wiring in contactor circuit.

 

 

2.

Check for broken leads #224,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#224C & #232A.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Faulty amphenol or bypass P.C.

 

 

3.

Refer to wiring diagram and

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board PCB2.

 

 

 

check related leads (#2 and #4).

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Faulty contactor.

 

 

4.

Replace contactor with known

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

good one.

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Faulty P.C. Board PCB1.

 

 

5.

Replace P.C. Board with known

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

good one.

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Faulty control cable from wire

 

 

6.

Replace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

feeder or amphenol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

Faulty wire feeder.

 

 

7.

Repair or replace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. Contactor does not drop out.

 

 

1. Faulty wiring.

 

 

1.

Check that lead #232 is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

grounded.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Faulty amphenol or bypass P.C.

 

 

2.

Look for shorts to ground. Repair

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board PCB2.

 

 

 

or replace.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Faulty contactor.

 

 

3.

Replace with known good one.

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Faulty P.C. Board PCB1.

 

 

4.

Replace with known good one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lincoln Electric IM511-D manual Output System Trouble Cause What to do

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