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Old 11-28-2005, 11:31 PM   #29
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Re: Welders!

I've got a miller challenger and I have been real happy with it until just recently. I was trying to weld some 1/8th inch brackets and noticed that the wire was coming out fast and building high instead of a nice bead. I'm using the flux core and have had good results with it although I know I can get a better weld with the gas. Anyway I tried to adjust the wire speed and it won't slow much even on the lowest setting. It used to barely creep at that setting. I know it's probably the speed control but I haven't opened it up yet.
I think the heat setting raises the wire speed a little if you are on the higher settings so I turned the heat down to the lowest setting and the wire still flew out of the nozzle. I was wondering if anyone has had this happen and is there something to replace or do I need a new speed control?
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