Maintenance, Warning safety precautions, Input power factor capacitor discharge procedure – Lincoln Electric IM467 SQUARE WAVE TIG 355 User Manual

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MAINTENANCE

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SQUARE WAVE TIG 355

WARNING

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• Only Qualified personnel should

perform this maintenance.

• Turn the input power OFF at the

disconnect switch or fuse box
before working on this equipment.

• Do not touch electrically hot parts.

INPUT POWER FACTOR
CAPACITOR DISCHARGE
PROCEDURE

This procedure ensures that the power factor capaci-
tors are discharged, for greater safety when you are
working on the Square Wave TIG 355 with INPUT
POWER REMOVED.

1. Remove input power to the machine.

2. With a 5/16" nut driver, remove the sheet metal

screws that hold the right case side in place.
Remove the right case side.

3. With a volt/ohmmeter, carefully check the voltage

across the input power factor capacitors. When
input power is removed, the voltage across each
capacitor should be zero. (Normally, the capaci-
tors discharge through the primary winding in the
main transformer.)

4. If capacitor voltage is zero, you may begin working

on the Square Wave TIG 355.

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