Originally Posted by H80N
did you check collet, tung and torch body as outlined in post #8........??
Umm... Yes. I said I did at the beginning of the post. I even changed the collet and the tung just in case. But there are no visual signs of damage on any component, and everything is clean and tight.
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Thread: Syncrowave 250 HF problems
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04-10-2012, 01:54 PM #11
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04-10-2012, 05:22 PM #12
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if it were mine.... I would open the cover and look at it with the lights turned off.... HF on.... you may very well have a high voltage leak....... look for blue corona sparks tracking off to ground where it should not be.... Originally Posted by huafist
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04-10-2012, 09:07 PM #13
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That is a brilliant idea. I will try that tomorrow. Originally Posted by H80N
if it were mine.... I would open the cover and look at it with the lights turned off.... HF on.... you may very well have a high voltage leak....... look for blue corona sparks tracking off to ground where it should not be....
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04-10-2012, 10:57 PM #14
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carbon tracking is pretty common in high voltage circuits...... is the same phenomena that caused crt type tv sets to grow dimmer and dimmer over time.. till finally shorting and burning up the flyback transformer... Originally Posted by huafist
Anywho... the same type of prob is not uncommon on HF circuits in welders... you have been stepping through the possibles and this is the next step to try..
pls keep us posted...
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