Review: TigButton from TigControl.com (Lots of pictures!)

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Been a while since I worked on mine. I think the solenoid is energized to throttle up, so disconnecting power would make it always stay at the lower rpm. Does it stay at high rpm if you turn automatic idle off? If yes, then I'd check the module or the current transformer wiring, if not, then I'd...

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1/4" rod would be way overkill....

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Yeah, I really think we need a sticky at the top of the forums, along with how to post pictures, giving the information needed when posting troubleshooting questions... starting with the serial number. I'll write one if someone can sticky it...

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That's pretty common... my old Spoolmatic has it too.

I've certainly spent way too much time diagnosing features myself... it happens. Now you know for next time!...

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More photos, batch 2:
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More photos, batch 1:
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I was trying to learn tig using an old RFC-14 foot pedal, and it really wasn't working for me. My choices were to buy a better foot pedal (I was leaning strongly towards a SSC model), or, since I don't have a shop (or even a garage) and will thus be welding mobile or in the driveway, a hand control....

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Glad to help! Just because a carb is new doesn't eliminate it as the source of problems... Old gas and letting a unit sit will gum up the carb in a couple months...

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Mine doesn't care about rust or test dates on exchanges... They hydro in-house, so they'll just test them and slap some fresh paint on. They also don't care what valve the tank has, as long as it's the same pressure rating and type of tank, so you can exchange, say, an oxygen for an argon, but not...

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The LWS here will sell, fill, and exchange anything, their only rule seemingly being that they won't exchange tanks with another company's name on them. All the tanks I use were originally rusty ones I found in barns at estate sales and such, then exchanged with them. Could be your shop is just ran...

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Miller4less will sell you one for a steal at $2,437! ... I bet they're just flying off the shelves at that price...

Unless it's a crispy blob of epoxy potting, I don't buy that it can't be repaired. Try a better shop.

Forum member Cruizer probably would be the one most...

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That can be a number of things, with a pretty wide range of prices, so I'd say about $500-$2000 if you have a shop do it. Where it is in that range will depend on what the diagnosis finds...

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Are you sure the solenoid is continually adjusting it? If so, that would point to some problem with the automatic idle circuitry constantly trying to switch between run and idle.

If the solenoid isn't actually continually adjusting it, and the throttle is instead being adjusted by the mechanical...

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I'd take a good hard look at the switch before replacing the most expensive part in the machine.

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You threw me off when you said you had to power off the machine to reset it... Oh well. Easy fixes are good!...

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Pretty much. Not many other companies could manage to make something as simple as downloading a pdf file that fucking slow.

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"And after spending all that money, it had better work!"

First thing to check is the fuse for the current control, F1. If it's good, or it blows after replacing it, then you'll have the switches, a bridge rectifier, a couple resistors, a contactor, and a bunch of connections...

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The download worked, but was by far the slowest site I've ever used, taking well over a minute to load and run all the javascript needed to even begin to display the page... it seems to have an exceptional amount of bloat just to do something simple....

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Having never worked on one of those beasts, I'd probably start by doing some brief testing to try to see what part of the machine is shutting off, and why it only does it on tig. Does the contactor open? Does the problem only happen with the contactor or current control in remote? Is the big transformer...

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Glad to help!...