From: djb@invalid.com   
      
   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-for   
   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-47k   
   to-50k-Everlast).pdf   
   , might have to copy and paste as formatting doesn't seem to like the ) .   
      
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