3-11. Purge Push Button

1 Purge Push Button

Press switch to momentarily ener- gize gas valve and purge air from

1torch shielding gas line, and to allow shielding gas regulator to be ad- justed without energizing the weld- ing circuit.

Switch is only active when the re- peating displays are shown.

3-12. Remote Pendant

1

1 Remote Pendant

 

2

3

4

Use for remote operation in the Au- tomatic and Semi-Automatic modes only. Connect to Remote 4 receptacle.

2Stop Push Button

3Start/Increase Push Button

4Decrease Push Button

See programming and operating in- structions for Automatic and Semi- Automatic modes for push button functions.

Ref. ST-146 839

3-13. Shielding Gas

 

 

 

 

1

Shielding Gas Cylinder

 

 

 

 

2

Valve

 

 

 

 

3

Torch Switch

2

 

 

 

4

Foot Control

 

 

 

Open valve on cylinder just before

1

 

 

 

3

 

4

welding.

 

 

Torch trigger or foot control turns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weld output and gas flow on and off.

 

 

OR

 

Close valve on cylinder when fin-

 

 

 

ished welding.

 

 

 

 

sb5.2* 2/92 – S-0621-C / ST-159 059

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Miller Electric OM-842 manual Purge Push Button, Remote Pendant, Shielding Gas

OM-842 specifications

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