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SPOOL GUN PROBLEMS
Observe Safety Guidelines detailed in the beginning of this manual.
PROBLEMS
(SYMPTOMS)
POSSIBLE AREAS OF
MISADJUSTMENT(S)
RECOMMENDED
COURSE OF ACTION
If for any reason you do not understand the test procedures or are unable to perform the tests/repairs safely,
contact the Lincoln Electric Service Department for technical troubleshooting assistance before you proceed.
Call 1-888-935-3877.
CAUTION
No wire feed occurs when Spool
Gun trigger is pulled.
1. Machine is switched off or
unplugged.
2. Spool gun is out of wire
3. Contact tip burnback.
4. Fully or partially blocked gun
tube liner.
5. Bird nest.
6. Machine’s toggle selector
switch is not set to spool gun
mode.
7. Defective trigger. (contacts
open)
8. Defective trigger circuit in gun.
9. Damaged spool gun motor.
10. No motor voltage or current
from machine.
11. Contact tip size too small for
wire diameter used.
1. Switch on or plug in machine.
2. Install full spool of specified
wire.
3. Replace contact tip.
4. Replace and clean or replace
gun tube liner. ( See
Maintenance Section)
5. Cut out birds nest, reload
wire, and check for proper
wire alignment and wire’s
mechanical resistance.
6. Flip switch to proper
operating position.
7. Replace trigger. ( See
Maintenance Section).
8. Disconnect gun from machine
and check trigger for
continuity.
9. Contact LASF for possible
motor replacement.
10. See Troubleshooting section
in welding machine’s
instruction manual.
11. Replace contact tip with one
that is the right size.
Sluggish wire feed when the
Spool Gun trigger is pulled.
1. Drive roll is worn or galled with
aluminum.
2. Machine’s wire feed speed
setting is too low.
3. Wire is obstructed somewhere
along the wire feed path in the
gun.
4. Low motor voltage.
1. Clean drive roll of all
aluminum or replace drive
roll.
2. Increase wire feed speed.
3. Check for obstructions:
remove any wire shavings;
remove kinked wire; remove
and clean or replace gun tube
liner ( See Maintenance
Section).
4. See Troubleshooting section
in welding machine’s
instruction manual.
TROUBLESHOOTING & REPAIR
F-8 F-8
COMPACT WIRE WELDERS
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