dead foot pedal

Well my pedal completley stopped working yesterday. I can only get high frequently start and full amperage from it. It started about 3 months ago not shuting off I had to pull the arc away to make it stop. Now it does that and as I described above. I've read through some threads about the new pedal that's USA made and see people have been very pleased with it. I was never very happy with the awkward everlastwelders pedal to begin with. Anyone else had this issue is their a cost affective fix or do I just buy the new one? I have some paying aluminum coming through my door and it needs to work all the time everytime.

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Originally Posted by jesusno2

Well my pedal completley stopped working yesterday. I can only get high frequently start and full amperage from it. It started about 3 months ago not shuting off I had to pull the arc away to make it stop. Now it does that and as I described above. I've read through some threads about the new pedal that's USA made and see people have been very pleased with it. I was never very happy with the awkward everlastwelders pedal to begin with. Anyone else had this issue is their a cost affective fix or do I just buy the new one? I have some paying aluminum coming through my door and it needs to work all the time everytime.

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If you take it apart, most people have found that it's usually a mechanical problem with the belt that drives the potentiometer. Either something is slipping, or it has jumped teeth or something. If you search the forum, you can find several described fixes. On occasion the pot itself will be bad, but that doesn't sound like your problem, since you also lost the switch function. Have a look inside and I'm sure you can sort it out. Even if it's just a patch until you get a new pedal, since you say you never liked the one you have.

I had a similar issue with my 256. After searching the posts on the subject I took the cover off of the pedal to find the belt where is should be but the screws loose on the cogged pulley. One was stripped so a slightly larger #8 fine thread seemed to do the trick. I was happy for the east fix. My question is, it appears the pulley rotated on the potentiometer. Not knowing where the original position was I screwed it tight where it was. When I set the welder at 150 amps DC engage the pedal fully the meter on the welder rolls up to 151 Amps. Does that mean it is set or is there a process to get the pulley set in the correct starting point?

Thank you,

Bill

The potentiometer is easy to set, you just roll it back to the minimum position and engage the belt with the foot pedal in the rear/off position.
But it sounds right if you are getting that max out of it. The real question is what is the minimum you can get with the switch on but the pedal at the minimum position before pressing down further?