From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/27/2025 7:54 PM, David Billington wrote:   
   > On 28/10/2025 00:37, Snag wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >>>>   
   >>>> -------------------------------------------   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Here is a sample wiring diagram and test procedure for a TIG foot   
   >>>> pedal.   
   >>>> https://ssccontrols.com/uploads/Wiring-Diagram-C950-0725-fo   
   -47k-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 .   
   >   
   > Try   
   > https://ssccontrols.com/uploads/Wiring-Diagram-C950-0725-for-4   
   k-to-50k-Everlast).pdf   
   > , might have to copy and paste as formatting doesn't seem to like the ) .   
   >   
      
      Still no joy . No matter , I wired this new pot exactly the same as   
   the old one . It works , just not calibrated to the amperage set on the   
   display . I'll test it tomorrow to make sure it has the advertised values .   
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