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Hand piece has stopped working on my rossi mig 185.

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Wires in lead to the handle may be broken

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 16, 2009

SOURCE: mig welder tripping power supply

the breaker could be bad. try to change the breaker

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 23, 2009

SOURCE: MIG wire is always hot without pulling trigger

Check your manual, there are a lot of mig units on the market that are alway "Live" alternatively, the relay has either shorted or you have wirering problem on the switch.

Timllfixit

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SOURCE: changed polarity on the rossi 220 amp mig welder but still won't weld

What do you mean "it won't weld" ? Does the wire come out when you press the trigger? If so and there's no spark when you ground it then check the heavy relay that operates the heavy juice. Tell us what you have done and tried so far.

Vernon Taylor

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  • Posted on Nov 25, 2017

SOURCE: I have a Rossi 100 amp mig Gasless, has no grunt to weld with.

If you aren't used to mig welding it is possible you have higher expectations than the machine can fulfill or perhaps the machine isn't being used with the correct settings.

People new to mig welding tend to have the wire speed and hence the current too high for the output voltage. The wire speed control of small mig welders is generally very optimistic - my Clarke 130 is numbered 1 to 8 but I have never needed more than about 2.5 with the power on max.

If you are used to mig welding and are familiar with setting the power and wire speed so it produces the "frying" sound of efficient dip-transfer welding and you believe the machine hasn't the grunt a 100 amp welder should have, the machine is probably faulty.

There is one thing you could try and that is to reverse the polarity to a positive ground/negative torch. You can find more about this on Youtube.
Roughly speaking with the usual negative ground around one-third of the heat happens at the torch and two-thirds at the workpiece. It is the opinion of some people gasless welding is more successful when the situation is reversed.

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Rossi 130 Amp MIG Welders

yes
the polarity is changed when gas less wire is used as against wire with a gas bottle
it is a matter of changing the ground wire to act as the hand piece and the hand piece to work as the ground
changing the plugs on the front of the machine for some
all in the user hand book
Jan 28, 2018 • The Watches
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What is the switch 1 and 2 for?

Probably heat (voltage) settings, which would probably also speed up the wire. If you have a voltmeter, you can check the open circuit voltages in the different settings.
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Would like to know how leads hook up

for normal wire on gas the + wire is the hand electrode
the - terminal ( clamp )goes to earth on the job
when using gas-less wire in a mig the wires are connected in reverse
when using a stick hand piece in the mig the stick hand piece is on the + terminal , the same as gas less wire
all of this would be in your user hand book or can be down loaded for your machine
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Changed polarity on the rossi 220 amp mig welder but still won't weld

What do you mean "it won't weld" ? Does the wire come out when you press the trigger? If so and there's no spark when you ground it then check the heavy relay that operates the heavy juice. Tell us what you have done and tried so far.
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Need manual for Air products mig 185

I believe Air Products was bought by Miller. It was a long time ago and they have not put anything on their web site to support owners of AP weld equipment. Contact a local Miller sales and supplies store to see if you can get more information.
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Jasic mig 250

Sounds like the trigger is bad. You should not get an ohm reading if the trigger is in the off position.
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Rossi 220BZ Gas/Gasless Inverter Welder MIG MAG ARC Portable Welding Machine

The Rossi 220bz mig welder comes set up to use gas welding, that is with the Mig electrode connected to the positive terminal, inside the machine.
To use gasless mig wleding, the mig wire must be disconnected from the positive terminal inside the machine and reconnected to the Negative terminal - inside the machine. Open both the side coveres of the welder using a phillips screwdriver. Use a 13mm spanner to undo the hex nut holding the thick copper Mig lead to the terminal named positive, then lead it through the machine to the terminal on the oppisite side of the machine, labelled negative and screw it in place there with a 13mm hex screw. Be carefull not to bump any of the many electric parts inside the machine.
If you run the Mig welder in gasless mode with positive earth and positive elecrode it will blow the household electric fuse.
If you run the Mig welder in gasless mode with negative earth and positive electrode it will work, but the end of the Mig gun tip will get very very hot and start smoking abnormally from excessive heat.
But if you take the side covers off and rewire it (takes about 10 minutes) to negative Mig Electrode, the Mig gun tip remains cool and does not overheat. You will have to cut just one white cable tie, to get an extra inch or so of free Mig cable, so the thick copper Mig lead will reach accross to the terminal on the other side of the machine named negative. Stick the earth lead at the front in the positive terminal.
I did this on my Rossi 220bz mig welder.
http://www.weldequip.com/gasless-mig-wire.htm
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On my millermatic 185 i pull the trigger and the wire comes out it does not arc against the ground, i tried it against the actual ground clamp, but it still doesnt arc

Is the ground clamp connected to the work piece?
if so, go through the trouble shooting section of the manual. If you don't have the manual, you can find info at millerwelds.com.
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MIG wire is always hot without pulling trigger

Check your manual, there are a lot of mig units on the market that are alway "Live" alternatively, the relay has either shorted or you have wirering problem on the switch.
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Mig welder tripping power supply

the breaker could be bad. try to change the breaker
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