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WELDING CAPABILITY
The POWER WAVE 455 is rated at 60 Hz. 450A@ 38V. 100% duty cycle or 570A@ 43V 60% duty cycle - 50 Hz. 400A@ 36V, 100% duty cycle or 500A@40V 60% duty cycle. The machine is capable of higher out- puts at lower duty cycles.
If the duty cycle is exceeded, a thermostat will shut off the output until the machine cools to a reasonable operating temperature.
LIMITATIONS
•The Power Wave is not recommended for process- es other than those listed.
•The Power Wave can only be used with Power Feed wire feeders. Other models of Lincoln feed- ers, or any models of
COMPATIBLE LINCOLN EQUIPMENT
All Lincoln Power Feed™ Wire Feeders.
POWER SOURCE OPERATION
DUTY CYCLE AND TIME PERIOD
The POWER WAVE 455 is rated at 60 Hz. 450A@ 38V. 100% duty cycle or 570A@ 43V 60% duty cycle - 50 Hz. 400A@ 36V, 100% duty cycle or 500A@40V 60% duty cycle. The duty cycle is based upon a ten minute period. A 60% duty cycle represents 6 minutes of welding and 4 minutes of idling in a ten minute peri- od.
CASE FRONT CONTROLS
All operator controls and adjustments are located on the case front of the Power Wave.
1.POWER SWITCH: Controls input power to the Power Wave.
2.STATUS LIGHT: A two color light that indicates system errors. Normal operation is a steady green light. Error conditions are indicated as follows:
NOTE: The Power Wave 455 status light will flash green, and sometimes red and green, for up to one minute when the Power Wave 455 is first turned on. This is a normal situation as the machine goes through a self test at power up.
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Steady Green | System OK. Power source communicating nor- |
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Blinking | Nothing connected to Wire Feeder |
Green | Receptacle. |
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A l t e r n a t i n g | Recoverable system fault.See |
Green and | Troubleshooting Section. |
Red |
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Steady Red | |
| power source off, find source of error, and |
| turn power back on to reset. See |
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Blinking Red | See Troubleshooting Section. |
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3.HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT (thermal overload): A yellow light that comes on when an over temper- ature situation occurs. Output is disabled until the machine cools down. When cool, the light goes out and output is enabled.
4.10 AMP WIRE FEEDER CIRCUIT BREAKER: Protects 40 volt DC wire feeder power supply.
5.10 AMP AUXILIARY POWER CIRCUIT BREAK- ER: Protects 110 volt AC case front receptacle auxiliary supply.
POWER WAVE 455
