Can't establish welding arc

[ryanjones2150]

You mentioned that you were going to check all of the connections inside, have you done that yet?

[jisco43]

So sorry that it took me so long to reply, but the laptop that I was using at the time crashed. Over a year later and still replacing my Favorites as I browse different subjects. To answer your question, yes! Everything was tight. I replaced the stock capacitor with a slightly stronger one and that fixed my problem. The machine runs hotter now at my previous settings. Thank you for responding to my initial post!