200dx loosing arc during weld on ac

[jeffcw30]

Is the duty cycle light coming on? Maybe you are exceeding the duty cycle of the machine. What kind of welding are you doing at how many amps?

Rambozo no lights on and I never went over 140 amp and most of the time was between 90 and 120. Just a side note the digital amp display would drop down to 35 when welding. It would only go up to 120 or what ever I had it set at after I stopped the weld. This may be normal for the machine, I'm not sure.

[performance]

It's normal for the unit to change the reading on the unit to read actual amp output. If it is showing only 35 with the pedal opened up, then there's an issue with the pedal likely.