I welcome everyone to the channel for self-taught garage workers in welding and locksmiths. Here we share with you a variety of tricks and tips to shorten your journey through trial and error to normal results!
There is one breakdown of the inverter, it cannot even be called a breakdown. But novice inexperienced users can panic and drag their tool to repair. Look.
We weld our pieces of iron, everything is fine, the arc burns steadily. But then the arc breaks and goes out. We knock on the glands with the electrode, stir the mass, but nothing happens. Even a small spark cannot be knocked out!
It happens that the device has simply overheated, but in this case the overheating indicator lamp on the device body will light up. Everything is clear here, but we will not consider overheating.
Frequent, but the simplest breakdown that we can fix with our own hands in 5 minutes is the breakage of the holder cable. The copper stranded cable at the grip will break off exactly at the base.
It's just that in this place the wire is constantly bending, and if the wire is bent back and forth for a long time, it always breaks. But there is one point that an inexperienced person may simply not notice.
The wire breaks, but the rubber or plastic insulation of the cable visually remains intact. Therefore, nothing is visible and you cannot even think of such a problem.
We take the welding holder with one hand, and with the other just pull the welding cable a little at the base of the holder. If the wire breaks, then everything will be visible and understandable. The cable will stretch well at this point. So this is it, free breakage, we will fix it ourselves in a few minutes.
We remove the handle of the holder, well, if the design is as in the photo. Use a special key to unscrew the cable clamping bolts. Here it is already an unnecessary piece of cable.
We clean a small section of the cable from insulation. And we do everything in the reverse order from how we started this small repair. The holder is ready to receive current from the inverter again!
I just remembered today the first time I had such a breakdown. I didn't immediately guess what was the matter. So I decided to share with beginners that this could be so. And it's good if there is just such a problem, everything is solved quickly and free of charge!