I got a Lincoln Precision Tig 275, today I finally hooked up my big radio so I had something to listen to while welding and it was about 8 ft away on a shelf and every time I hit the pedal to weld the radio would freak out and turn off or go silent and I would have to unplug it from the wall to reset it. has any one experience interference from the tig welder before if so how many feet away did it affect electronics. Im concerned since I just bought two new cnc machines and dont want them flaking out from the welder

 

Always happens to me, listening to some SlayeR, tap the pedal and all I hear is static. Only happens for like a second though. We always have laptops around the welder with no problems.

 

Ground the case of the machine.

 

My boss used his Lincoln 275 precision tig at a residence, and the neighbors said their tv's were randomly having a really bad signal when he would be using it.

I have not had anyproblem with my Miller 200 dx at my house so maybe its something with that welder?

 

I have problems with mine only on the AC side of things though. We have a wireless sprinkler controller, and it causes the sprinklers to go off and on of and on...causing the water pipes in the house to bounce from the constant pressure, then relief of pressure...haha. Its kind of funny...but annoys the people in the house.
Kyle

 

I have fluorescent lights in my work shop they always go crazy when I weld in AC. Sometimes they just turn off as soon as the arc starts and a second later they turn back on. Sometimes they go really dim. Other than the lights, the welder doesn't affect anything else, atleast nothing I've noticed.

 

It is 100% a grounding problem.... Miller and most other welders have info on this in their manuals. I would suggest you check it out.

 

My Dynasty 200DX interferes with nothing. Our electrical is very well done and grounded all the way back to the pole.

The one thing it will interfere with is my internet. I have that cool new thing where you plug a little box into the wall by your router, plug your ethernet cable into it, then plug another box into the wall where your computer is and plug your computer into the box. The internet actuallt travels over your AC power lines. It's fast as hell, and the only thing that bothers it is the leftovers from the inverter in the welder. We have some line filters coming in the mail. Install them inline backwards and voila no more noise.

 

Ill check the grounds see if it makes a difference I might add on to the case see if it makes a difference I thought I was loosing my mind yesterday

 

ending up being a loose ground. fixed the problem and machine seems to work better thanks for the help

 

My Lincoln machine never caused any such problems. I was kind of surprised to see all the people chiming in with different interference issues. Glad that doesn't happen to me. Definitely sounds like a grounding issue or something that can be helped though.

 

Heres my similar post. about my computer...I always unplug my computer now ...never had a problem since

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1135977

 

go to radio shack and buy these little clip on chokes. they are basically a magnet that clips on to whatever wire you choose. clip them onto the speaker wires. problem solved. i think they are like 2 bucks each