From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/27/2025 6:09 PM, David Billington wrote:   
   > On 27/10/2025 22:48, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Snag" wrote in message news:10doltv$173eq$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>   I got the new pot installed in the foot pedal to my TIG machine today   
   >> . Same 47k ohm rating as the original . But there's something weird   
   >> going on , I'm not getting the amperage I set the dial for , it's lower   
   >> than the setting . Not an earth shaking problem as I have never used the   
   >> full amperage and I can control it now . Still , I'd rather get the   
   >> amperage I have it set at instead of guessing .   
   >> Snag   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >> Here is a sample wiring diagram and test procedure for a TIG foot pedal.   
   >> https://ssccontrols.com/uploads/Wiring-Diagram-C950-0725-for-   
   7k-to-50k-Everlast).pdf?   
   >>   
   >>   
   > I had to search for that document as the link didn't work, probably the   
   > ').pdf?' on the end it didn't like. The pedal looks just like the   
   > Linemaster Varior used with my Hitachi TIG, I had to check that recently   
   > and found the 50k pot was reading about 100k and not very smooth. Now   
   > changed after locating a compatible direct replacement pot but still   
   > something is not quite right with my TIG so it's going into the supplier   
   > for testing. It took a while thinking about how to take the Varior pedal   
   > apart as Linemaster indicates it can be mounted with the 2 screw holes   
   > provided but no information about how to take the pedal apart to do so.   
   > In the end I figured out it had to have a spring loaded pivot pin like a   
   > large watch strap pin and that proved to be so, easy once you know how.   
   >   
      
      I got a 404 error from Jim's link . Did you find the page ? My welder   
   is an Everlast .   
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