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Thanks for the video. Not only did I replace a 5 legged transistor and solder a jumper wire to a burned up Hypertherm Powermax 30 plasma cutter PCB with amazing results but I also replaced a burst capacitor inside a brand new SIMADRE CUT 50 Chinese "plasma cutter" very much like yours sadly with no luck. It does have a dead black digital panel so I will look inside it again to hopefully get it going. It was received DOA by my friend that gave it to me. The Hypertherm was a $100 gamble and with the short cut testing I have conducted thus far it works fine.
Thanks for covering a majority of the possible issues and test procedures. Even though it turned out to be a resistor and a relay only, It helps to know the other points to check.
Love your videos! Very well explained and it is really handy how you show how to test the components and also name what they exactly are. thank you so much for these.
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Excellent!! Very clearly spoken and explained diagnostic video. I was, however, expecting you to show a dissected view of the faulty relay. Very nice work. I like the way you repurpose the relays from other sources. I do that as much as possible, saves $$ outlay on repairs, plus the fact some parts may be obsolete or out of stock that these can work as well or better. Thanks for posting. 😏
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Fantastic explanations and demonstrations mate. Top class video, the dislikes are probably from ppl who do not have a good grip on electronics components and testing procedures... Prefect level of diagnostics for those that do!! Cheers.
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Thank you very much, great video. I just now fixed mine. I had one bad power supply board relay, and both diode bridge rectifiers! I replaced both relays since they came 3 in a pack. Works like a champ now!
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@@anthonylester3247 well, I wasn't getting an arc across the electrodes inside...looking at the relay it had discoloration to its plastic cover. Email me, I'll send some photos I found. Campbell donald at hot mail
Great video! Love your detailed, yet concise explanation and narration. Attempting second repair of a 520D plasma/TIG/stick combo machine. First time it failed with a very loud pop when I turned it on. A 1" or so length of thick solder tracing below Relay 1 ( occupied by the exact model of Songle relay that you replaced ) had blown completely off. Replaced the relay (which may have been ok), and it worked again. This last time it broke I was cutting steel which had a lot of holes in it, causing the plasma arc to repeatedly go out and back on. At one point the machine suddenly shut off, and has not come back on since. Not sure what the problem is this time, but my large caps are slightly bulging.
Excellent video, clear and precise working through the machine in a clear logical manner. Fixed my CUT 50 badged as an LTSUK. The spark gap was too wide! simple intermittent fault which had been with the machine since I bought it. Thank You :-)
Very nice instructional video... easy to understand and a great source for checking a faulty plasma unit. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your knowledge! Great job and congratulations to you owning a hopefully long living plasma cutter. ;)
Very comprehensive! I have a Lotos 3 way machine LTPDC2000D that has that same issue of not turning on. I'm thinking the power boards may be similar. The other day I used the plasma cutting function to cut a 1/4" X 4' bar, turned it off and that was the last time I used it. It now won't turn on. I'm hoping the relay issue you've discovered is it. But I do realize the rest of the board needs looking at as well.
Funny is that i see that the pcb on the top is the same or almost identical to his "stahlwerk" plasma/tig welder also a china made unit but the fault on his was the dc dc converter where the thick black/red cables are connected on the circuitboard R210 was burnt so it could not start to oscillate but if you gave the gate a touch with 9V thru a 10k resistor then it started up So replaced the resistor and it works now.
Hagis2k Not surprising if the boards are very similar. US companies use Chinese companies to make their products. The Chinese then copy the product and sell it for less. LOL. Not good.
So true then the specs and quality on parts are lower too most often with shitty ChonX capacitors that work a year or so until they are cooked, yeah most products are designed either in us or europe then manufactured in china... And as we all know they do not give a hit about copyrights and so lol same with CE mark.. Oh that must mean Chinese Export :D It is kind of shocking when you buy items on ebay etc sometimes you can recieve really good quality almost for free then like the last powersupply 230V to 12V 1A which i dismantled in pieces as i always do... to find the small cap for the startup almost dagling free and then the optocoupler was almost not soldered in... Quality control? Wont pay for this item for sure.
Plasma cutter does not arc! Hi. Excellent video.., well done! Wish I had your knowledge... and I'm hoping you might see my post and reply! I have Jasic ct312dc Arc, Tig and Plasma... imported from China in 2009 and replaced a capacitor and the on/off switch. In general very happy with the machine, though! I have not used the plasma function for almost a year and my welder stood unused for the whole of last winter in my workshop. This summer I have used the arc weld function without problems. This morning I hooked the cutting torch up and could not get it to arc. After opening up and cleaning with compressed air, I managed to get an arch and do a cut. Glad that I seemed to have solved the problem, I replaced the cover and again no spark! I found the wires in the torch head shorted due to wear. Soldered, insulated and continuance test positive from the trigger button, to the connection point. Spark gap set at 1mm (0.04") and sparking. No visible damage to any parts, fan operates and compressed air flow set at 0.4Mpa. Earth functioning perfectly when tested with stick welding. Water trap in-line and always worked. I adjusted the spark gap from 1.2mm down to .8mm, with 10mm intervals. Still no spark... any ideas ? thanksdt
Thank you for the great video I have the exact same plasma cutter, you inspired me to take it apart and try to repair it, I removed one of the boards you did and what I found are 6 of the 9 pins on the transformer with broken solders.
Great video, I always make a point of checking the resistance of mosfet to heat sink if thermal transfer insulation pads are used, Had a few faults due to badly aligned insulation pads in production. Big Thumbs Up.
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I very much enjoy your videos. I am learning basic electronics and want to turn an old PC power supply into a bench power supply. There are of course loads of videos doing such things. But it would be great if you should show how to safely test and indeed discharge such power supplies or capacitors (you only mentioned it here) as well as any other potential danger things to look out for in such a project for a noob like me. It is something I worry about a little because I don't yet know enough and I would just like to be safe. BTW. I am asking you because as mentioned, your instructions are very detailed, and you speak very clear and concise. I very much enjoy your videos.
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Dear friend, I watch your video again & again, very enjoyable video, nice & clear expalained, Thank You so much So, it is auxilary psu issue, right? Hope you'll explain about pin8 0v on sg3525 someday, it will be geart. Thx You anw
Thank you so much sir for very instructive video,i bought a plasma cutter from tosense from China its look like others brands,it was runing ok till it doesnt start,i am not an electronic trouble shooter but i found these twoo electrodes was not enough tightened and since this video i know now how to adjust it
Great video thanks for posting info on these machines. I have the same machine with no air flow. Valve not getting voltage. Everything else working fine. Any suggestions would be helpful. Once again thanks for such a great video.
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Hello Doug. Has always an outstanding How to video. I think I have the same model. it's duty cycle isn't 100% So I let mine cool for a bit between cuttings. If you didn't get a manual with it I will try and make a PDF for you,no charge. All my very best. Bobby
what a great video! I have a Hypertherm Powermax 600 and it's acting like my ground cable isn't connected. It arcs but doesn't penetrate. I have not opened it up so the problem might be obvious, but until i do... any ideas and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. New electrode nozzle and drag shield cap from Amazon. also I just subscribed may not mater but it's refreshing to listen to someone who knows what he's talking about instead of blowing smoke.
I agree with everyone here. The video is amazing. You are easy to understand and follow. In my case my machine is completely dead. No lights or noises. From your video, I think my problem is somewhere on the board with the 4 large capacitors. I have checked for power going to that board and it is good. Have you any idea or tests a non pro can do at this point?
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Thank you for sharing your Knowledge friend. A Cal Electric cut 50 has the same boards. I will need to refer back to this Awesome video when i hook mine up to a cnc table and have to hook up a torch height adjustment into the mix (adjusts height for optimum efficiency by reading torch voltage).
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I have a thermal dynamics dynamics pak 4xi that I just bought used only to find it didn't have a pilot arc when I got it home. since I came across this video and you mentioned a relay in there that controls it come to find that was the case with mine cleaned it with sand paper and good to go great video!!!!!!!!
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Great video, there have been literally hundreds of thousands of Chinese plasma cutters & welders sent back to the manufacturer or dealers because of little problems. There is almost always a few on Ebay for parts because they claim the boards are bad but in truth they just have no idea how to test and replace what actually is broken.
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Yeah I have a lotos had many learning curves or so it may seem not to be about me for a change Upon veiwing your video on this machine I can try and give it another change as it has been sitting in silence for many months Not knowing what could be the function that can render it a paper weight you ideas on how to troubleshoot possible problems was what I needed now we hope to do some cutting once the rest of my trouble shooting is complete Thank you
I bought this same plasma cutter and would like to use a torch height controller for CNC machine cutting. A torch height controller is a feedback system that locks onto a desired analog voltage level provided by the plasma cutters arc. This voltage is dependent on the material being cut, so the THC has to be set at a certain voltage depending on the thickness of metal. If the gap gets bigger it results in rising resistance due to the increase of arc gap. If the gap gets smaller voltage drops because of less air gap. The z axis uses arc voltage sensing to maintain the proper distance. Metal sheets are not flat enough to just set the height of the torch above the machine and start cutting. I need to hook the torch height controller to the arc voltage of the machine. Is there a voltage divider in the machine or some way to get a arc voltage reading from this machine?
Thanks mate Just picked up a second hand unit similar to yours. The pilot arc was very intermittent. Cleaned and opened the spark gap and is now much better. Not 100% but useable. Pilot arc is not as strong as others Ive seen so may another look possible a sick cap? Will now search for a cct. Cheers
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@@electronicsNmore when i checked the voltage output from the pilot arc terminal on the machine when i squeeze the trigger, it puts out a voltage of at least 180 to 200v but there still no pilot arc.
What you are hearing is a arc inside the capacitors. That is to the best of my knowledge with what i can hear. Could be wrong or again I could be right.
Hi well done very informative video. Just one question from me. I have a three phase SAF nertazip plasma cutter and when I switch on the machine only the fan works but nothing else. The two contacts that must have a distance between them they are exist in all the machines even they are inverter or transformer?
I found this video very interesting. I enjoyed every moment of it, however not understanding Electronics it really did seem all foreign to me but the thing that stood out the most was his patience I would have hit this thing with a hammer long before I found any signs of discoloring inside. To someone who doesn't understand Electronics regardless of the little that you do know about these things, there sure seems like an awful lot of Gidgets and Gadgets in there for just making something get hot.
electronicsNmore the home made inverter vid was awesome too, all things considered , setting up the initial vibration or resonance within the material, ie the silicon steel transformer block ,is what its all about, have you tried an inverter with the ferric oxide material, it seems to have a much higher resonace than the silicon steel,,
Fantastic job! I have the same brand, different model..runs fine on 240 volt, serious power loss on 208. My mobile generator is a 208 3 phase so could I use a 3 phase full bridge rectifier to feed this unit with DC? That way my generator sees a balanced load over all three phases. This is a 12 kW Lima MAC generator, more than enough kVA for the advertised power factor of 0.93. This generator does fine on my Miller Dynasty which is 3 phase.
I have a lotos ct520D which looks very similar on the inside. It does plasma cutting, tig welding, and arc welding. My device powers on and everything appears normal except I cannot get the welder to produce an arc. I have checked the ground and electrode holder for continuity and both are good so that is not the issue. Any idea what would cause such an issue?
Cool video. I'm looking at getting one of these for a small cnc plasma table. I want to use a proma thc that requires ark ref voltage. Where would I hook it up on that machine?
Love Your Brain, Wow.. Need you to fix a Genie TMZ50 Towable Lift That has a electrical Issue that no one is smart enough to troubleshoot like you can.. Do you know anyone as good as you near Atlanta Ga that could help me out ??? Thanks ..Loved your Video..Amazing
I have a thermal dynamics stacpack power module 6030 in 60/40 which is about over a 20-year old machine anyhow the machine used to work good every once in awhile it would have an issue you would have to tap on the torch and everything else it is a 70 amp machine I really like the way that this machine performed when it did perform anyways I was had the cap off it blowing it and tightening up a couple things that need to be tightened up on the inside for the air fitting I did quite extensive work trying to get that all configured so it fits tight against my back wall cuz where I'm using and I don't have a lot of space unlike some other plasma cutters I've seen like Lincoln they put a really thick film on all your little small components so they don't get loose this machine did not have that so that being said I'm moving it around I'm sure of being a 25 year old machine one of the little things got loose I think it's called a crystal I took it to a few different places they cannot fix it because they don't know what the exact name is of the peace that it needs and they cannot find no information supposably is what they say but if I really wanted to I can have the board fixed for over $1,200 they will fix it at one place called Gelco Electronics anyways I don't want to spend that much when the machine is you know 25 years old if I had to I would if I had to I would because I know the machine but I really don't want to when this part that I unsoldered is probably a less than a dollar or a couple dollar part and I've checked all the other things and everything else seems to be working properly I am just not getting a narc out of the gun air pressure works all that and the air pressure stays now running when it never did before so trying to find out maybe I can send you pictures of this board and a video of the symptoms that has since this little transistor or electronic piece of part resistor capacitor or Crystal is what I'm thinking and what a few people had said did it possibly is but they wasn't a hundred percent sure if I could send you some photos and a video of what the machine doing that would be awesome Lee great thank you so much for posting this video and hope that maybe you can guide me in the right direction of where to get this part from so I can get this machine back up and running like I said I know it's an older machine but man it worked great
Hey, great video, however, I get no arc from the two contact behind the resister. Any sugestions or direction to a previous vid. Thanks. althoug mines is not the same model, they seem to be quite simular in design.
Nice discussion and diagnostics. But then when you said 'piece of heavy gauge steel' -- I thought, 'Hmm, if that is heavy, what would be the thin stuff?' :)
My Plasma cutter pulses when it makes the ark with the cutting surface. what would you recommend? Has a good ground and accurate air pressure. Its the same unit in your video. Its a week old. it also doesn't seem to be cutting very good, i can only cut very this stuff. pilot ark seems to be working fine.
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Thanks for the video. Not only did I replace a 5 legged transistor and solder a jumper wire to a burned up Hypertherm Powermax 30 plasma cutter PCB with amazing results but I also replaced a burst capacitor inside a brand new SIMADRE CUT 50 Chinese "plasma cutter" very much like yours sadly with no luck. It does have a dead black digital panel so I will look inside it again to hopefully get it going. It was received DOA by my friend that gave it to me. The Hypertherm was a $100 gamble and with the short cut testing I have conducted thus far it works fine.
Thanks for covering a majority of the possible issues and test procedures. Even though it turned out to be a resistor and a relay only, It helps to know the other points to check.
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Really clear and detailed instructions for trouble shooting. Like the fix for the relay, no waste of good parts.
Amazing job sir! We need more like you.
Love your videos! Very well explained and it is really handy how you show how to test the components and also name what they exactly are. thank you so much for these.
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I have learned a lot from your videos. Very clear and concise! Thanks.
Very clear, concise video. I have the same cutter and this gives me a much clearer understanding of it's operation. Thank you
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This was one of the best videos I have seen for trouble shooting something I've seen in a long time keep up the good work.
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Excellent!! Very clearly spoken and explained diagnostic video. I was, however, expecting you to show a dissected view of the faulty relay. Very nice work. I like the way you repurpose the relays from other sources. I do that as much as possible, saves $$ outlay on repairs, plus the fact some parts may be obsolete or out of stock that these can work as well or better. Thanks for posting. 😏
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Excellent video! I am so glad you were able to fix it. I hope you get a lot of use out of it.
I could not have made this video without you giving me the plasma cutter. Thanks Steve!
Nice n precise explanation- It has increased my confidence to repair Plasma cutters....
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Great video with plenty of clear explanations. It seems that there are quite a few people out there with dead Lotos equipment
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Extremely good walk thru of troubleshooting! Kudos and thanks!
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Great video , good camera work . Everyone should make videos this good .
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Fantastic explanations and demonstrations mate.
Top class video, the dislikes are probably from ppl who do not have a good grip on electronics components and testing procedures...
Prefect level of diagnostics for those that do!! Cheers.
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This was such an enjoyable video to watch. I love how meticulously you explain everything. Thumbs up and a subscription from me!
Excellent troubleshooting and explanations!
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Thank you very much, great video. I just now fixed mine. I had one bad power supply board relay, and both diode bridge rectifiers! I replaced both relays since they came 3 in a pack. Works like a champ now!
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What where the signs of your bad relay
@@anthonylester3247 well, I wasn't getting an arc across the electrodes inside...looking at the relay it had discoloration to its plastic cover. Email me, I'll send some photos I found. Campbell donald at hot mail
Great video! Love your detailed, yet concise explanation and narration.
Attempting second repair of a 520D plasma/TIG/stick combo machine. First time it failed with a very loud pop when I turned it on. A 1" or so length of thick solder tracing below Relay 1 ( occupied by the exact model of Songle relay that you replaced ) had blown completely off. Replaced the relay (which may have been ok), and it worked again. This last time it broke I was cutting steel which had a lot of holes in it, causing the plasma arc to repeatedly go out and back on. At one point the machine suddenly shut off, and has not come back on since. Not sure what the problem is this time, but my large caps are slightly bulging.
Always replace bulging caps.
Excellent video, clear and precise working through the machine in a clear logical manner. Fixed my CUT 50 badged as an LTSUK. The spark gap was too wide! simple intermittent fault which had been with the machine since I bought it. Thank You :-)
@@nathanielwyeth3778 No, just wouldn't start.
@@dianasmith8890 how wide did you set your start up gap? Thanks.
Very nice instructional video... easy to understand and a great source for checking a faulty plasma unit. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your knowledge! Great job and congratulations to you owning a hopefully long living plasma cutter. ;)
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Very comprehensive! I have a Lotos 3 way machine LTPDC2000D that has that same issue of not turning on. I'm thinking the power boards may be similar. The other day I used the plasma cutting function to cut a 1/4" X 4' bar, turned it off and that was the last time I used it. It now won't turn on. I'm hoping the relay issue you've discovered is it. But I do realize the rest of the board needs looking at as well.
Hope you figure it out. Thanks for watching!
Perfect explanation, thank you !
Such an excellent tutorial. Thanks very much, I've learned quite a lot.
Great to hear. :-)
Great job! You made the unit look brand new like freshly out of the box :)
Yes. I like everything to look nice, including my equipment/tools. :-)
Funny is that i see that the pcb on the top is the same or almost identical to his "stahlwerk" plasma/tig welder also a china made unit but the fault on his was the dc dc converter where the thick black/red cables are connected on the circuitboard R210 was burnt so it could not start to oscillate but if you gave the gate a touch with 9V thru a 10k resistor then it started up
So replaced the resistor and it works now.
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Not surprising if the boards are very similar. US companies use Chinese companies to make their products. The Chinese then copy the product and sell it for less. LOL. Not good.
So true then the specs and quality on parts are lower too most often with shitty ChonX capacitors that work a year or so until they are cooked, yeah most products are designed either in us or europe then manufactured in china... And as we all know they do not give a hit about copyrights and so lol same with CE mark.. Oh that must mean Chinese Export :D
It is kind of shocking when you buy items on ebay etc sometimes you can recieve really good quality almost for free then like the last powersupply 230V to 12V 1A which i dismantled in pieces as i always do... to find the small cap for the startup almost dagling free and then the optocoupler was almost not soldered in... Quality control? Wont pay for this item for sure.
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I can say that Chinese product quality is getting better, they're forced to produce better quality items.
Plasma cutter does not arc!
Hi. Excellent video.., well done!
Wish I had your knowledge... and I'm hoping you might see my post and reply!
I have Jasic ct312dc Arc, Tig and Plasma... imported from China in 2009 and replaced a capacitor and the on/off switch. In general very happy with the machine, though!
I have not used the plasma function for almost a year and my welder stood unused for the whole of last winter in my workshop. This summer I have used the arc weld function without problems.
This morning I hooked the cutting torch up and could not get it to arc.
After opening up and cleaning with compressed air, I managed to get an arch and do a cut.
Glad that I seemed to have solved the problem, I replaced the cover and again no spark!
I found the wires in the torch head shorted due to wear. Soldered, insulated and continuance test positive from the trigger button, to the connection point.
Spark gap set at 1mm (0.04") and sparking. No visible damage to any parts, fan operates and compressed air flow set at 0.4Mpa.
Earth functioning perfectly when tested with stick welding.
Water trap in-line and always worked.
I adjusted the spark gap from 1.2mm down to .8mm, with 10mm intervals.
Still no spark... any ideas ?
thanksdt
Could be MANY things. Inspect all wiring connections as well as the relays.
Thank you for the great video I have the exact same plasma cutter, you inspired me to take it apart and try to repair it, I removed one of the boards you did and what I found are 6 of the 9 pins on the transformer with broken solders.
This was very educational thank you.
This is such a good analysis! Great job
Great video, I always make a point of checking the resistance of mosfet to heat sink if thermal transfer insulation pads are used, Had a few faults due to badly aligned insulation pads in production.
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Great Video... Thank you for taking the time to teach us... Very Helpful...
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Absolutely amazing video! Very well done!
Nice work . Very thorough .
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Excellent information - you are terrific presenter!
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Nice fix
I very much enjoy your videos. I am learning basic electronics and want to turn an old PC power supply into a bench power supply. There are of course loads of videos doing such things. But it would be great if you should show how to safely test and indeed discharge such power supplies or capacitors (you only mentioned it here) as well as any other potential danger things to look out for in such a project for a noob like me. It is something I worry about a little because I don't yet know enough and I would just like to be safe.
BTW. I am asking you because as mentioned, your instructions are very detailed, and you speak very clear and concise. I very much enjoy your videos.
Hi. In my (2) popular microwave oven repair videos I explain how to safely discharge capacitors. :-)
Thank you. I will check those videos now. Keep up the great work. I learn a lot from you. :-)
Excellent video wish I had someone to check my plasma cutter in or around NYC! Willing to take it apart
Awesome vid
Great grab on this Doug. A little work and you have a fine tool. Really good fix it tips as usual.
Carl
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Excellent video!
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That was a nice repair I have that same model cutter. pretty handy machines hope it stays working well for you
It should! :-)
Thanks for the video, it was really insightful.
Very nice video and explanation. Thanks.
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You are very clever, I wish I knew what you know, keep up the great work. Regards from Denmark
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How lucky I'm found your video, I'm repairing plasma cutter unit, thank You
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Dear friend, I watch your video again & again, very enjoyable video, nice & clear expalained, Thank You so much
So, it is auxilary psu issue, right?
Hope you'll explain about pin8 0v on sg3525 someday, it will be geart.
Thx You anw
Thank you so much sir for very instructive video,i bought a plasma cutter from tosense from China its look like others brands,it was runing ok till it doesnt start,i am not an electronic trouble shooter but i found these twoo electrodes was not enough tightened and since this video i know now how to adjust it
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Great video thanks for posting info on these machines.
I have the same machine with no air flow. Valve not getting voltage. Everything else working fine. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Once again thanks for such a great video.
nice job of troubleshooting!
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Hello Doug. Has always an outstanding How to video. I think I have the same model. it's duty cycle isn't 100% So I let mine cool for a bit between cuttings. If you didn't get a manual with it I will try and make a PDF for you,no charge.
All my very best.
Bobby
Hi Bobby. I think the duty cycle is 60%. I downloaded a pdf manual online. Thanks
what a great video! I have a Hypertherm Powermax 600 and it's acting like my ground cable isn't connected. It arcs but doesn't penetrate. I have not opened it up so the problem might be obvious, but until i do... any ideas and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. New electrode nozzle and drag shield cap from Amazon. also I just subscribed may not mater but it's refreshing to listen to someone who knows what he's talking about instead of blowing smoke.
i can recoomend this video!!! excellent fix
I agree with everyone here. The video is amazing. You are easy to understand and follow. In my case my machine is completely dead. No lights or noises. From your video, I think my problem is somewhere on the board with the 4 large capacitors. I have checked for power going to that board and it is good. Have you any idea or tests a non pro can do at this point?
Power supply board issue, or bad connection.
Bravo, great job!!!
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Thank you for sharing your Knowledge friend. A Cal Electric cut 50 has the same boards. I will need to refer back to this Awesome video when i hook mine up to a cnc table and have to hook up a torch height adjustment into the mix (adjusts height for optimum efficiency by reading torch voltage).
Nick Vee Thanks for watching Nick!
Thank you! I look forward to more of your videos and learning from them.
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Wow... what a great Chinese plasma cutter trouble shooting video. Thanks
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Wow you know your shit man. You must be an electronic engineer. Good job.
:-). I'm not an electronics engineer, just an electronics hobbyist for many years. Thanks for watching!
Excellent as always. Thanks for sharing.
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I have a thermal dynamics dynamics pak 4xi that I just bought used only to find it didn't have a pilot arc when I got it home. since I came across this video and you mentioned a relay in there that controls it come to find that was the case with mine cleaned it with sand paper and good to go great video!!!!!!!!
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So in your best opinion why did these components go out in the first place. Thanks for explaining In such detail. Very good.
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Tngks for the video tutorial god bless...
Welcome 😊
Yep thanks for this info, it was very well put together, and I’ll just stay with what I’m good at, thumbs up
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Great video, there have been literally hundreds of thousands of Chinese plasma cutters & welders sent back to the manufacturer or dealers because of little problems. There is almost always a few on Ebay for parts because they claim the boards are bad but in truth they just have no idea how to test and replace what actually is broken.
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that is the problem these days. just trow it away. i try to fix it first. its broken anyway 😂
Thanks for the excellent video.
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Very informative. Thank you.
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Yeah I have a lotos had many learning curves or so it may seem not to be about me for a change
Upon veiwing your video on this machine I can try and give it another change as it has been sitting in silence for many months
Not knowing what could be the function that can render it a paper weight you ideas on how to troubleshoot possible problems was what I needed now we hope to do some cutting once the rest of my trouble shooting is complete
Thank you
David Steinfeld You're welcome Dave.
I bought this same plasma cutter and would like to use a torch height controller for CNC machine cutting. A torch height controller is a feedback system that locks onto a desired analog voltage level provided by the plasma cutters arc. This voltage is dependent on the material being cut, so the THC has to be set at a certain voltage depending on the thickness of metal. If the gap gets bigger it results in rising resistance due to the increase of arc gap. If the gap gets smaller voltage drops because of less air gap. The z axis uses arc voltage sensing to maintain the proper distance. Metal sheets are not flat enough to just set the height of the torch above the machine and start cutting. I need to hook the torch height controller to the arc voltage of the machine. Is there a voltage divider in the machine or some way to get a arc voltage reading from this machine?
Thanks mate
Just picked up a second hand unit similar to yours.
The pilot arc was very intermittent. Cleaned and opened the spark gap and is now much better. Not 100% but useable.
Pilot arc is not as strong as others Ive seen so may another look possible a sick cap? Will now search for a cct.
Cheers
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excellent tutorial- Thanks!
You're welcome!
any tips on how to troubleshoot the pilot arc not working, everything seems to be working fine except for the pilot arc. thank you
Try cleaning the contacts and inspecting that board more closely.
@@electronicsNmore when i checked the voltage output from the pilot arc terminal on the machine when i squeeze the trigger, it puts out a voltage of at least 180 to 200v but there still no pilot arc.
Did you ever find your problem? I have the same issue
Very good and informative video.
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Liked your video! Steve called, he wants his plasma cutter back : )
:-). Thanks for watching Matt!
@@electronicsNmore when you tested the relay did you just measure continuity between the two non coil points
@@anthonylester3247 Yes. Making sure they open and close properly at a very low level of resistance.
@@electronicsNmore ok man thanks what would be a low resistance value on those or one like it? 14v or something
What you are hearing is a arc inside the capacitors. That is to the best of my knowledge with what i can hear. Could be wrong or again I could be right.
Capacitors don't arc, if they do, they're damaged.
@@electronicsNmore Thanks for letting me know fella.
Hi very good video. Just like to ask you do you test boards separately from welders .
Great video with lots of information 👍
Do you have a repair shop I can send my plasma cutter to?
Hi well done very informative video.
Just one question from me.
I have a three phase SAF nertazip plasma cutter and when I switch on the machine only the fan works but nothing else.
The two contacts that must have a distance between them they are exist in all the machines even they are inverter or transformer?
All the plasma cutters I've seen have a discharge electrode gap.
electronicsNmore thank you very much for your help.
Thanks friend for your prompt response, which tells me to calibrate the spark and try it, and it did not work
Have to take a look at one of the newer tig welders
I found this video very interesting. I enjoyed every moment of it, however not understanding Electronics it really did seem all foreign to me but the thing that stood out the most was his patience I would have hit this thing with a hammer long before I found any signs of discoloring inside. To someone who doesn't understand Electronics regardless of the little that you do know about these things, there sure seems like an awful lot of Gidgets and Gadgets in there for just making something get hot.
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Great video! Thank you!
You're welcome!
thanks, awesome work
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electronicsNmore the home made inverter vid was awesome too, all things considered , setting up the initial vibration or resonance within the material, ie the silicon steel transformer block ,is what its all about, have you tried an inverter with the ferric oxide material, it seems to have a much higher resonace than the silicon steel,,
NICE VIDEO
DO YOU FIX MACHINES??
Glad you liked it Juan. I only make YT videos, I don't have extra time for repair jobs on the side. Thanks for watching!
good video informative and great gift
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I'm glad Steve didn't throw it in the trash.
Fantastic job! I have the same brand, different model..runs fine on 240 volt, serious power loss on 208. My mobile generator is a 208 3 phase so could I use a 3 phase full bridge rectifier to feed this unit with DC? That way my generator sees a balanced load over all three phases. This is a 12 kW Lima MAC generator, more than enough kVA for the advertised power factor of 0.93.
This generator does fine on my Miller Dynasty which is 3 phase.
Excellent
I have a lotos ct520D which looks very similar on the inside. It does plasma cutting, tig welding, and arc welding. My device powers on and everything appears normal except I cannot get the welder to produce an arc. I have checked the ground and electrode holder for continuity and both are good so that is not the issue. Any idea what would cause such an issue?
Check the gap!
I have the same issue did you ever get your lotos ct520d working ..?
I tried everything …. Then just found the awesome video for more fix tips.
@@J-n-J-2016 Mine was from amazon and even though it was past the return date they exchanged it for me!
@@Chadward_ That’s where I got mine I’m gonna see if I can return it
Thanks for the info
@@J-n-J-2016 For sure! I got on the live chat with someone and explained that it just happened on its own, good luck!
Excellent video you have great skills in electronics i wish you good luck and making more great videos.
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Ok.
Cool video. I'm looking at getting one of these for a small cnc plasma table. I want to use a proma thc that requires ark ref voltage. Where would I hook it up on that machine?
Thanks for that video, very interesting,
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Thank you great video
Love Your Brain, Wow.. Need you to fix a Genie TMZ50 Towable Lift That has a electrical Issue that no one is smart enough to troubleshoot like you can.. Do you know anyone as good as you near Atlanta Ga that could help me out ??? Thanks ..Loved your Video..Amazing
Glad you liked the video, I don't know anyone.
I have a thermal dynamics stacpack power module 6030 in 60/40 which is about over a 20-year old machine anyhow the machine used to work good every once in awhile it would have an issue you would have to tap on the torch and everything else it is a 70 amp machine I really like the way that this machine performed when it did perform anyways I was had the cap off it blowing it and tightening up a couple things that need to be tightened up on the inside for the air fitting I did quite extensive work trying to get that all configured so it fits tight against my back wall cuz where I'm using and I don't have a lot of space unlike some other plasma cutters I've seen like Lincoln they put a really thick film on all your little small components so they don't get loose this machine did not have that so that being said I'm moving it around I'm sure of being a 25 year old machine one of the little things got loose I think it's called a crystal I took it to a few different places they cannot fix it because they don't know what the exact name is of the peace that it needs and they cannot find no information supposably is what they say but if I really wanted to I can have the board fixed for over $1,200 they will fix it at one place called Gelco Electronics anyways I don't want to spend that much when the machine is you know 25 years old if I had to I would if I had to I would because I know the machine but I really don't want to when this part that I unsoldered is probably a less than a dollar or a couple dollar part and I've checked all the other things and everything else seems to be working properly I am just not getting a narc out of the gun air pressure works all that and the air pressure stays now running when it never did before so trying to find out maybe I can send you pictures of this board and a video of the symptoms that has since this little transistor or electronic piece of part resistor capacitor or Crystal is what I'm thinking and what a few people had said did it possibly is but they wasn't a hundred percent sure if I could send you some photos and a video of what the machine doing that would be awesome Lee great thank you so much for posting this video and hope that maybe you can guide me in the right direction of where to get this part from so I can get this machine back up and running like I said I know it's an older machine but man it worked great
Hey, great video, however, I get no arc from the two contact behind the resister. Any sugestions or direction to a previous vid. Thanks. althoug mines is not the same model, they seem to be quite simular in design.
Try making the gap smaller.
great video!
Thank you!
Great video. Ask you a question can you convert a non-pilot arc to a pilot-arc. Thanks
Hello. I don't think kits are available.
sir you recommend this brand of welder ?
Many people like it, mine is fine since it was repaired. Thanks for watching!
Nice discussion and diagnostics. But then when you said 'piece of heavy gauge steel' -- I thought, 'Hmm, if that is heavy, what would be the thin stuff?' :)
Thin is like what you'd find on your car door. :-)
My Plasma cutter pulses when it makes the ark with the cutting surface. what would you recommend? Has a good ground and accurate air pressure. Its the same unit in your video. Its a week old. it also doesn't seem to be cutting very good, i can only cut very this stuff. pilot ark seems to be working fine.