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Century/Powermate mig repair

Hi all, I bought a used mig welder Powermate and it seemed to work ok. after welding for a few hours it made a grinding /growling noise and popped the breaker. I thought I was up against the duty cycle and let it cool off, but now when I turn it on only the fan comes on.I'm not getting any arc or feed of wire. I downloaded a manual with a wiring diagram but I can't make any sense of it. Anyone have any Ideas. I'm not in this thing much money and I don't want to be but I'd like to fix it and keep it around if I could repair it DIY. Thanks for any advice.

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plepper
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You probably cooked it by welding in disregard of the duty cycle, sorry.

GWE

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Grant Erwin

One would think that welding machines should have some kind of overheat protection. Am I way off base here?

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Ignoramus22022

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inetcaster

Cannn yewww saaaay, "L-I-N-C-O-L-N"? I knewwww yewww could.

What good is any machine regardless of the price if it won't work first time every time?

Chalk this up to experience, and put a shackle on it for use as a boat anchor. They make good boat anchors.

Steve

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SteveB

drive mechanism. I would tear into it and look for a mechanical problem with the drive. Good luck on finding parts!

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donb

I guess what I was looking for is information on how to check the Transformers diodes and such. I know that the welder is not the best but I'd like to fix it for a loaner/ backup type of deal.

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plepper

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