Help Welder Problems

[SUP4NOV4]

Hi ive got a welder and even tho i can weld im not a welder technician the welder is a gasless one and when the wire touches the metal it arc's straight away without pulling the trigger, like the wire is live all the time, does anybody know of this problem and what can i do to solve it cheers.

[burgo]

sounds like your welder is knackered and why did you buy a gasless may i ask?

[SUP4NOV4]

Dunno really it was just there for sale and i needed one bad

[burgo]

gasless are more than **** trust me

[SRlew]

would it do that if th earth clamp wasnt working properly?

[Mike]

it should do that anyway, on a gas less, the feed wire is live all the time, the trigger just activates the motor that turns the roll :thumb:

Ive got a gas less, and yes, there **** to use on cars, but ace for small/minor fabricarion of parts :P

[burgo]

it wouldnt arc out at all if the earth wasnt conected. sounds more like the trigger is stuck

[ben lee]

thats how gassless ones are ment to be triger only operates the wire feed.

[Jon_nova1]

if the trigger was stuck the wire would just keep feeding lol just buy an arc welder, old school welding ;)

[SUP4NOV4]

Cheers lads i wasnt sure ive never used a gasless before seemed a bit weird its not all that the weld is a bit thin ad spoty cheers again much apreciated (spelling poor)

[Jon_nova1]

the welds thin? slow down then, or turn the amps/feed up

[SUP4NOV4]

Still got a problem with my welder, When i weld the wire melts to the tip and makes the wire stick so theres no feed resulting in no weld help whats wrong with the welder

[General Baxter]

Still got a problem with my welder, When i weld the wire melts to the tip and makes the wire stick so theres no feed resulting in no weld help whats wrong with the welder

you too close then :thumb:

[burgo]

actually id say your wire speed is to slow for the amps your using

[SUP4NOV4]

The welder has only 2 speeds even when im a distance away it still does it could it be the tip? i thought the weld shouldnt stick to the tip its really pi**ing me off please more help cheers

[burgo]

how can a welder only have two speeds??

[SUP4NOV4]

Its a gasless one it has 2 speeds high and low i dont know if its the tip mate but when i start to weld the wire sticks to the tip and stops the feed

[burgo]

sounds very dodgy to me. get a pic of the dials/switches

[SUP4NOV4]

Its a sip gasless i think around 100 amp

[burgo]

hmmmm it seems you dont have a high and low wire speed setting. you have a high and low power setting then it sets the wire automaticly aparently.

[SUP4NOV4]

Yes mate its the power setting then the speed goes faster in low setting and faster in high setting any ideas mate

[burgo]

get a prpoer welder lol. other than that i dunno, ive only used gas ones

[SUP4NOV4]

Same here mate 1st time with no gas i cant take it cheers mate anyway

[tom reid]

Take off the tip shroud and make sure that the shroud is clean and free of spatter, do the same with the shroud mounting on the gun, it sound as though some spatter is causing the handle to go live, as it's earthing.
hth

[mowgli]

I might be way off, but has it got gasless wire in it?
if it has normal mig wire, it will spark everywhere.

btw the gasless mig is actually better than a gas mig if you are using it outside or in a draughty place.

[SUP4NOV4]

Cheers lads ill give it a go it has got flux wire in it tom reid sounds like he might be right cheers lads again

[coombsey]

my gasless welders are the same my gas welder is only live when you push trigger some times it melts the insulator in the shroud and it slides back so the tip is too far forward or its the wrong shroud clarke welders have longer shrouds