fronty_78
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2011
- Location
- Ottsville, PA
Hello to all,
This is my first post here. Machining is extremely interesting to me, I find it daunting, trying to figure out where to begin to learn the skill. I hope to someday start on the quest. My question for this evening is not about machining (just a heads up.)
It is this:
I recently acquired two Lincoln idealarc 250s that my school was going to scrap. Both machines only weld AC. To try to find the best way to solve this problem I started a thread over at Weldingweb.com. I was referred here for more insight.
It seems that the older style diodes go bad on these machine often. There is an existing thread that shows how the owner of another idealarc replaced the older style diodes with a more current version. He used 150A 600V diodes to fix his machine. I am wondering if anyone here has ever modified an idealarc like this by chance. If so, can you walk me through it. If no one has, can someone tell give me a part number for the correct diodes to be used. And still if not, can someone point me somewhere that I might find more information?
Thank you for your time,
Marc Leonard
This is my first post here. Machining is extremely interesting to me, I find it daunting, trying to figure out where to begin to learn the skill. I hope to someday start on the quest. My question for this evening is not about machining (just a heads up.)
It is this:
I recently acquired two Lincoln idealarc 250s that my school was going to scrap. Both machines only weld AC. To try to find the best way to solve this problem I started a thread over at Weldingweb.com. I was referred here for more insight.
It seems that the older style diodes go bad on these machine often. There is an existing thread that shows how the owner of another idealarc replaced the older style diodes with a more current version. He used 150A 600V diodes to fix his machine. I am wondering if anyone here has ever modified an idealarc like this by chance. If so, can you walk me through it. If no one has, can someone tell give me a part number for the correct diodes to be used. And still if not, can someone point me somewhere that I might find more information?
Thank you for your time,
Marc Leonard