Troubleshooting chart - welder, Troubleshooting chart - welds – Campbell Hausfeld WIRE FEED WF1900 User Manual

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Operating Instructions and Parts Manual

Troubleshooting Chart - Welder

Symptom

Possible Cause(s)

Corrective Action

No output

Wire tangles at drive roller

Gun nozzle arcs to work surface

Work clamp and/or cable gets
hot

Wire does not feed

1. Duty cycle exceeded
2. Poor work clamp

connection

3. Defective ON/OFF

switch

4. Blown breaker or fuse

1. Wrong size gun tip
2. Gun liner clogged or

damaged

3. Gun tip clogged or

damaged

4. Feed roller worn
5. Not enough tension

Slag inside gun nozzle

Poor contact

1. Wire jammed
2. Out of wire
3. Not enough tension
4. Wire liner worn

1. Allow welder to cool until ON/OFF Switch lamp goes out
2. Be sure all connections are secure, and attaching surface is

clean

3. Replace switch

4. Reduce circuit load, reset breaker or replace fuse

1. Use proper size gun tip
2. Clean or replace gun liner

3. Clean or replace gun tip

4. Replace
5. Tighten tensioning screw

Clean slag from gun nozzle

Be sure all connections are secure, and attaching surface is
clean

1. Reload wire
2. Replace wire spool
3. Tighten tensioning screws if wire is slipping
4. Replace liner

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Troubleshooting Chart - Welds

Symptom

Possible Cause(s)

Corrective Action

Bead is intermittently too thin

Bead is intermittently too thick

Ragged depressions at edge of
weld

Weld bead does not penetrate
base metal

Wire sputters and sticks

1. Inconsistent travel speed
2. Output heat setting too low

1. Slow and/or inconsistent

travel speed

2. Output heat setting too high

1. Travel speed too fast
2. Wire speed too fast
3. Output heat setting too high

1. Inconsistent travel speed
2. Output heat setting too low
3. Excessive extension cord length

1. Damp wire
2. Wire speed too fast
3. Wrong type of wire

1. Decrease and maintain constant travel speed
2. Increase output heat setting

1. Increase and maintain travel speed

2. Reduce output heat setting

1. Decrease travel speed
2. Decrease wire speed (WF2000)
3. Reduce output heat setting

1. Decrease and maintain constant travel speed
2. Increase output heat setting
3. Use an extension cord no longer than 20 ft.

1. Use dry wire and store in dry location
2. Reduce wire speed
3. Use flux core wire only (Do not use MIG or copper

color wire)

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