Good evening,
I have been a lurker here for a bit and just recently had a problem I needed expert advice with. I am hoping some of you can chime in.
I recently inherited an older Hobart 250A Plasma Cutter that had its ground cable poorly replaced and was not functioning. After replacing all the torch consumables and replacing the grounding cable with a factory replacement and testing, all was not good.
All my attempts to talk to service agents haven't gone too well as it is an older machine and no one has a service manual for it. All indicators led to a bad PC board and I cannot for the life of me find a replacement. While digging around in the garage and trying (and failing) to clean, I picked the old cutter up and got curious. As a (brand new) Electrical Engineering student I couldn't help it.
What I found after a good inspection were these two capacitors. They aren't bulged, popped or leaking but obviously look different then they did from the factory. The plasma cutter functions normal until you try and cut. The pilot arc lights but will not transfer to a cut arc. If these look bad to anyone else, I think I may try and de-solder them and replace them. Replacement capacitors were very easy to find.
What do you all think? Worth the time to try?
I have been a lurker here for a bit and just recently had a problem I needed expert advice with. I am hoping some of you can chime in.
I recently inherited an older Hobart 250A Plasma Cutter that had its ground cable poorly replaced and was not functioning. After replacing all the torch consumables and replacing the grounding cable with a factory replacement and testing, all was not good.
All my attempts to talk to service agents haven't gone too well as it is an older machine and no one has a service manual for it. All indicators led to a bad PC board and I cannot for the life of me find a replacement. While digging around in the garage and trying (and failing) to clean, I picked the old cutter up and got curious. As a (brand new) Electrical Engineering student I couldn't help it.
What I found after a good inspection were these two capacitors. They aren't bulged, popped or leaking but obviously look different then they did from the factory. The plasma cutter functions normal until you try and cut. The pilot arc lights but will not transfer to a cut arc. If these look bad to anyone else, I think I may try and de-solder them and replace them. Replacement capacitors were very easy to find.
What do you all think? Worth the time to try?
