Hello from Southampton

[Andyintheshed]

Hello folks!

Having recently acquired an ol SIP Migmate Super (a 110, I think) I thought I'd try & elbow in on this forum.

And............

Straight away ask for some advice!

This welder I have is clearly going to need a bit of fettling, before it gives of its best. One of the first things I looked at was the torch.

Now, there are two wires in there. One, red one, to the trigger, which is connected to the metal tang tha touches the metal casing of the wire carrier. And one, white one.

The white one isn't connected to anything - which seems strange.

Can anyone who has one of these machines advise if this is a redundant wire, or if it should be connected to anything? And if so, what?

Happy splattering.

Andy

 

[Robotstar5]

Hi Andy, welcome to the forum.

I've seen the unused wire in the torch before, maybe a standard torch used for different sets that use both wires on trigger?.

 

[Jim Davey]

The power cable on the torch is used as the return path for the trigger circuit. The redundant wire is perfectly normal. Also hello and welcome from another Southampton lad.

 

[Jim_gsxr1000]

Welcome from Scotland