Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any idea why a plasma cutter having symptom like: If press trigger in the air arc remains as long as i keep pushing it. As soon as i try to cut a piece of metal arc shut off immediately. Thank you.
Arc won' t transfer
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Re: Arc won' t transfer
That is very odd, kinda the opposite of what you'd expect. What plasma cutter are you using?
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Re: Arc won' t transfer
Do you have your work lead clamp attached to the material you are attempting to cut?attila0216 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:29 am Hi everyone,
Does anyone have any idea why a plasma cutter having symptom like: If press trigger in the air arc remains as long as i keep pushing it. As soon as i try to cut a piece of metal arc shut off immediately. Thank you.
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Re: Arc won' t transfer
Are you getting any error conditions or indicators on the plasma unit? Is the unit new or did this just start happening, you may have a failure in the unit.
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