I-Mig 200 not sparking

[performance]

You still haven't answered my questions....Did you download the manual? And....Is this the same problem as the other one?

[noobie]

I read the manual that came in with the welder.

Yes it's the same problem.

Thanks.

[performance]

Here's the manual for the unit. It on the website. We tell our customers to download the manual usually when we sell a unit. Here's the link. http://www.everlastgenerators.com/manuals.php

Did it fix it?

Where is the other unit now? We need to flag it ok, when it comes in or find it if its at the service center...guess we will need to mark it used too?

[noobie]

Sorry for the dumb mistake of mine.

I don' t recall anything about downloading the manual.

If the manual you sent is worthless than update it. If it was that important why is it on page 11 (you made it sound like it happens here and there). It's stamped flow regulator packed but was not. If I saw packed and it's not, I would had taken this into account for a bad unit.

I check to make sure I found my answer before I started this thread. Maybe you need a sticky.

To answer you question about making it use, please do. I sent it to Minnesota.

Oh and sorry for the phone call to ask for a tracking for everything since your company doesn't like updating me.

[performance]

Noobie,

As far as the importance of the issue you had? Only one other customer in my memory has called about what to do with that cable, but I have calls on many other things concerning operational details. WHERE something is located in a manual, is not always an indication of importance. The first 8 pages of the manual are safety and basic contact information for Everlast. The issue is on page 11, part 8. If you haven't yet, please download and read the manual. A person should read a manual front to back and become familiar with it. Reading the first few pages of a manual "to get the idea" isn't a very good thing to do.There is safety information in there that could keep you from getting killed, or seriously hurt welding. Its a dangerous thing. You can get burned, electrocuted, poisoned, smothered, blinded and brain damaged by welding.

I just did a search for manuals. Many references regarding manual loading came up. Also, here is the sticky regarding manuals that has been up for a couple years: http://www.everlastgenerators.com/fo...hlight=manuals

There is a big red manuals button at the right top of every page on our website.
There is a logistical reason we don't put English manuals in our welders, and a practical one, as we update the product it is easier to update the manual. IF you buy a new vehicle these days, or many other consumer products, you will get a quick guide,and then be told to download the manual or be given a C/D.

One week service sounds very good. Not bad to swap out a working welder for another.

Please PM me your personal info so we can locate the product in MN and save some backlog. Thanks.
Mark

[ogorir]

speaking of 'quick guides', have you thought of doing a nice glossy quick start card like you get with a printer? people like those. especially the cartoon pictures.

[SeanMurphy265]

I did the same thing.... and then I plugged the chord!

[performance]

ogorir,

When we get a cartoonist on staff, I am sure that will be one of the priorities.

Check out some of the new manuals online the the PT185, and MTS 400. Is this similar to what you mean?

[geezer]

Life has many chuckles in it, this is one of those cases, later on Noobie will laugh along with us on this, mounting the flow meter vertical would also be a good start and haveing the extra gas line do a nice curl around the tank would help keep it out of the way. However in Newbies defence, for a guy with not much experience he has purchased a good product and he is willing to try a new skill, that takes some doing on his part. Hang in there Noobie, you are on the right path , you just tripped over one of the many stones on that path. I could tell you of the many times I have done the same.