From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/27/2025 8:18 PM, David Billington wrote:   
   > On 28/10/2025 01:08, Snag wrote:   
   >> 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-   
   or-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   
   >>> ) .   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   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 .   
   >   
   > When I click on the link it give me 404 and the URL is missing the   
   > ').pdf' at the end, I can add those characters manually and retry and it   
   > finds the document.   
   >   
   > Have you installed the pot in the correct orientation. The illustration   
   > in the PDF looks like the Linemaster Varior I have and the pot could be   
   > installed so it is rotated if not careful and that could lead to it   
   > going solid at extremes of travel possibly damaging the pot. The one   
   > mine required was this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265047074017 which   
   > is a direct replacement for the original, now obsolete, Clarostat pot.   
   >   
      
   Here's a good link to the pedal wiring diagram and test procedure .   
      
   https://ssccontrols.com/uploads/Wiring-Diagram-C950-0725-for-47k   
   to-50k-Everlast).pdf   
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