HELP!Welder stopped feeding wire

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HELP!Welder stopped feeding wire
86nissan720 avatar
86nissan720
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My welder stopped feeding wire. Its a Chicago mig 100.. yea iknow its a crapy welder but still ive only had it for a month now and Im not out of wire. The motor that feeds the wire wont even try to feed the wire. It just straight up stopped. Has anyone had this problem?
osupride2000 avatar
osupride2000
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You try changing the tip?
86nissan720 avatar
86nissan720
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yea i think i need to get a new one or see if i can take it back or something.
pootytang avatar
pootytang
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usually the wires in the whip become loose, try wiggleing them where they plug into the front of the welder.
86nissan720 avatar
86nissan720
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Ok i found what is wrong with it... the damn overload light is on.. now what the helldoes that mean?
dragginbagged avatar
dragginbagged
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on that welder, probably means that you've had it on to long. either that or you've got it cranked all the way up and it'll only handle it for 5 min or so....
gtphelps avatar
gtphelps
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Some welders are rated with duty cycles like compressors
86nissan720 avatar
86nissan720
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Yea ive looked into a little bit more.. and yea it has a duty cycle of 10% at 90 amps.. but still wouldnt it just like blow a fuse or have some safety fuse pop or something? or do they just fry
ICWHAT? avatar
ICWHAT?
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i have that same shitty welder that i learned on there is a fuse on the wire feeder that blows and you have to replace it. happens when you use it on the high setting to much
86nissan720 avatar
86nissan720
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Yea i looked at that fuse before and it didnt look blown... its the one on the wire feed circut panel right?