Quote Originally Posted by Yofish View Post
Thanks zoama, do I take that to mean that it does have fault protection but it's not reliable? Buy fault protection I mean like the machine will not weld until it rights itself? And that protection is not a fuse but a real auto reset fault protection breaker?
The official word will have to come from Everlast. I have nothing to do with tech support.
I believe the protection is reliable but welding until it shuts down repeatedly may still cause damage. I know that sounds contradicting, but that's my understanding from what I've read.
I've never overheated one of my machines, but I have tripped some sort of protection on my mig welder when I first struck an arc. In that instance the machine stays running and the wire still feeds but won't arc. The machine has to be turned off and back on to reset.
I'm sure you can get much better info by calling tech support and talking to Ray, Mike or Mark http://www.everlastgenerators.com/Technical-support.php