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| nomore9one4 |
 Jun 10 2013, 06:02 PM
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So I picked up a little mig welder. My beginners welder if you will.. I set it up to practice on a fender laying on the table. Hooked up the ground to the fender and when I went to weld I got a huge spark off of the ground clamp...wtf? I figured before I went any further I would check in with the experts..Anyone? I cant imagine this is normal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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| ThePaintedMan |
Jun 10 2013, 09:06 PM
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If cleaning the ground to bear metal doesn't work, try to get a copy of the manual for the unit and verify that it is wired correctly. The polarity is reversed based on whether you're doing Flux-core welding or true MIG (using a gas source). Sometime there will be a diagram on the unit itself to outline how it's supposed to be setup.
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