Ive got a Chicago Electric Mig-100 gasless welder, first time really welding something was tonight, making an engine hoist, seems easy enough until I ran out of spool and changed it.

Started running the new wire through the feeder and into the line towards the gun, line got stuck at the very end, I ttok off the end cap thing to pull off the tip, instead I dropped the gun and it landed on my piece of work material (machine was on and grounded)

ZAP!

Just a small spark but I seen it, came from behind where to power wire grommet is in my machine. The power stayed on but the line feeder no longer works, trigger pulls but nothing moves or makes a noise

I need some help as to what just fried or fuse just blew, I really dont wanan take something apart I cant put back together

Hope someone can help me as I want to make this hoist to get my motor in my car to get my car on teh road....... life

Thanks

 

I'd bring it back to Harbor Freight and see how good their customer service is. It can't be any worse than Lincoln Electric's.

 

I found the problem

Theres a fuse mounted on the front wall, pretty small glass one, popped, looks like smeone wrapped copper wire around it and stuck it back in, completely black

What size is it? I grabbed a few I had in the house and they blew instantly

Thanks

 

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Then you haven't found the problem... it's not a "bad" fuse. The fuse is telling you there's a problem and it's not safe to run until you fix it. Take it back to where you bought it.

 

I bought it way out of town off ebay used. Worked fine for a whole spool of wire, I dropped the stick on my material and something sparked, I need to know how to fix it so I can finish making my stuff

 

Might end up just wrapping wire around the holder to make this work, I need this done

I hope someone can help me fix this the right way

 

why not just go buy another? they're under $200

 

Oh ya, spend $0-20 for repairs or go buy a new one

No thanks

 

you don't know what's wrong yet...might be a fuckton more than that

i mean, if i were you...i'd just svae up for a while and order a nice 135mig off of ebay. you can get a millermatic for under $500 or a lincoln 135t/+ for that too

 

need help please

 

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You already got help - if you don't like the help, asking over and over isn't going to fix it. Taking it back to *any* Harbor Freight and asking *them* what to do is the solution.

Now either do that or buy another one - end of topic.

 

did you try reading the owners manual. If you don't have one, go online to harbor freight and download it.

 

I'll check that later

and for the guy 2 above, Im in canada, we dont have harbour frieght so i cant go anywhere, I bought it used and imported

 

that's what you get for living in canada

 

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not cool man some one help this guy
you do have a phone to call harbor freight correct ?

 

I don't mean to pure more gas into the fire, but Im not sure if that engine hoist is going to be safe which such limitted knowledge.

 

limited knowledge on how to fix a ******* welder? Sorry im no elec engineer

Need some help on how to fix it for the time being

 

bump

 

Call harbor frieght and send it back.

 

i already spent 30 mins trying to explain to yuo how to fix it. apparently you dont listen well

 

You might need to buy a multimeter and start tracing things around to find your problem. Without calling harborfreight you can't get the technical info on the welder to do repirs yourself, and I doubt many of us here know how your welder is exactly wired.

Did it come with an instruction manual? If not... we might need the exact model number off the back of the unit to search for one.

If there is an internal problem of that welder, short of being a excellent electronics repair guy, or returning it to HF will be the only ways to fix it. Even miller welders which millions of people have, aren't known inside and out to trace every fault that might come around.

 

http://www.homemadeturbo.com/f...573.0

alreay explained in detail. my guess is that the stepsto the solution seem too difficult, so hes trying to fish for a easier way..

which doesnt exist. its a piece of **** anyways, id throw it in the trash

 

I wouldnt want to prod inside a welder, those things have such high voltages inside, they might kill ya.

 

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Unplug it?

 

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Even then it could hold a charge. BE CAREFUL!