I got my smiley tig today and

i would where all the basic ---- goes

but i have a ground on the back of the welder near where the gas goes in the welder

where can i hook that up? do i have to hook it up?


also i am guessing the plasma torch and the tig torch go in the same hole in the machine?

also how do i hook the plug up which wires go to what?

thanks
richie

 

damn I just pluged mine into the wall and that was it

 

well when you buy the 40amp wire there are 4 wires inside it, there are two hot wires, then a negative, the the copper wire is a ground, the machine will run with out the ground ive been runninng no ground for two months now, but there is the chnace of frying the machine.

 

You better be careful with that man, there doesnt seem to be any warranty on the machines. We really got screwed buying one of those and watching it malfunction after about 1 hours of actual use time. Going to look for an American machine to go along with the Miller 180 SD now.

The machine didnt come with instructions for you?

 

hey how did yours malfunction

 

On the other hand mine has worked great for well over a year with no issues.

 

so your telling me that i need to run the 2 wires to the hot side of the wire coming out of the unit and the neagative to the the other wire and then the copper wire to the ground?


thanks
richie

 

Its 240 volt. So you have one line to each incoming line and the green wire to ground. The copper line is an additional ground.

 

so basically match the wires up

sounds easy enuff for me too handle

thanks
richie

 

while on topic: can you switch tig from DCEN to DCEP?