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- Dec 13, 2013
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I was welding along and had changed spots while doing some aluminum welding with a miller tig. I was at the end of the leads so needed a bit more slack and adjusted and flipped leads around until i got the slack i needed.
About halfway through the weld I was met with a sound that was barely quieter than a 410 shell going off. It was loud enough to make me almost poo myself. At the same time all the lights, radio, etc went out. I had no idea at the time what the noise was, but it popped a 200 amp breaker. After a bit of searching and diagnosing I discovered that my tig would not work. After a bit more searching I found i had flipped the footfeed wire right on to the last weld i had just done. The wires were all shorted out and fused together from the heat of the weld.
I still had a warranty left but figured that it didnt cover stupidity or carelessness. I was wrong miller stood behind the repair and it was fixed a week later. This is why i own more than 1 blue welder. Moral of the story? Pull the helmet off and look around once in a while, and be careful about the computer line that runs to your foot feed.
FYI the repair would have run 1200.00 to fix without the warranty.
About halfway through the weld I was met with a sound that was barely quieter than a 410 shell going off. It was loud enough to make me almost poo myself. At the same time all the lights, radio, etc went out. I had no idea at the time what the noise was, but it popped a 200 amp breaker. After a bit of searching and diagnosing I discovered that my tig would not work. After a bit more searching I found i had flipped the footfeed wire right on to the last weld i had just done. The wires were all shorted out and fused together from the heat of the weld.
I still had a warranty left but figured that it didnt cover stupidity or carelessness. I was wrong miller stood behind the repair and it was fixed a week later. This is why i own more than 1 blue welder. Moral of the story? Pull the helmet off and look around once in a while, and be careful about the computer line that runs to your foot feed.
FYI the repair would have run 1200.00 to fix without the warranty.