My Lincoln Weldpak 100 has died ... I've already checked the power switch and the overheat breaker , not much else to go wrong in their but the control board . I've also checked the cord for continuity . Today while troubleshooting I plugged it in and turned it on , fan ran normally , all seemed well until I pulled the trigger . Then everything went dead again (it "died " a few days ago when I went to use it) . The last time I did use it it kept going on and off , but did run long enough to get the task done . I've priced the board , I'm just not sure I want to drop another 152 bucks into this unit . But OTOH I've got a lot of MIG wire for it , don't want to toss that either . Any ideas what else could be the problem ?
Welder died
May 22, 2019
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That sounds great! Beats working on the welder. This is a problem you KNOW how to fix ;-)
Glad you found the problem and it is not expensive to fix.
But if the problem was the control board, I would expect you could buy the control board for a Chinese mig welder and replace the control board with the Chinese one. The control board must do about the same thing.
Or maybe see if you can get the schematic for a Chinese control board and try trouble shooting using it for a guide.
Dan
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