30A fitted to MTS250S

[TheGary]

You must have been too late. I had it in my watch list and I looked at them just now and there sold. Im afraid I do not know how to post a link.

On another note, I stumbled into a early 2nd gen 30A today. I paid $400 for it. Not as good a deal as you got Kempy but still a good deal. It has hardly been used but it has a 10 pin amphenol on it instead of a 14 pin like my welders have. Miller wants $150 for an adapter cable. I guess Im on the look out for a 14 pin amphenol and I will just change the end of the cable.

[Yofish]

You must have been too late. I had it in my watch list and I looked at them just now and there sold. Im afraid I do not know how to post a link.

On another note, I stumbled into a early 2nd gen 30A today. I paid $400 for it. Not as good a deal as you got Kempy but still a good deal. It has hardly been used but it has a 10 pin amphenol on it instead of a 14 pin like my welders have. Miller wants $150 for an adapter cable. I guess Im on the look out for a 14 pin amphenol and I will just change the end of the cable.

That was me! I finally found the link. He had some other 30A goodies, thanks for the tip. $400 is still a GREAT deal relative to what they bring on eBay. As I've said, Miller is obscene for their prices on many of their parts; was able to find a CO that had the Amphenols (long ago lost info) much cheaper than Miller. You'll need 5 conductor #18 (I think) wire. I blew my back out and have been unable to work for two days and I can tell it will be at least another so I'll look for the amphenols out of boredom.

I forgot to tell Kempy this but it's a good idea to take your gun apart (3 socket hex screws) and check for two things: the power cable tends to fray at the clamp and being hidden, you can't see that your unit is drawing more amps than it should because of the diminished conductor and two, check the bearing block under the drive roll as when that bering goes the wire tends to spool erratically. The first is easy to fix and the second is a standard bearing.

Other things to be aware of is the pot in the handle can get goofy and it helps to run it up and down periodically, A small leak in the gas cap valve gets expensive, I throw my drive rolls in caustic soda to boil the aluminum out of the teeth (wire brush will just wear them out quicker) and as you already know with your Spoolmatic don't OVER TIGHTEN THE DRIVE ROLL TENSION.

Here is the manual for your gun:

http://www.millerwelds.com/om/o1213p_mil.pdf

Thanks again for the tip, I've never before found one on eBay.

[TheGary]

That was me! I finally found the link. He had some other 30A goodies, thanks for the tip. $400 is still a GREAT deal relative to what they bring on eBay. As I've said, Miller is obscene for their prices on many of their parts; was able to find a CO that had the Amphenols (long ago lost info) much cheaper than Miller. You'll need 5 conductor #18 (I think) wire. I blew my back out and have been unable to work for two days and I can tell it will be at least another so I'll look for the amphenols out of boredom.

I forgot to tell Kempy this but it's a good idea to take your gun apart (3 socket hex screws) and check for two things: the power cable tends to fray at the clamp and being hidden, you can't see that your unit is drawing more amps than it should because of the diminished conductor and two, check the bearing block under the drive roll as when that bering goes the wire tends to spool erratically. The first is easy to fix and the second is a standard bearing.

Other things to be aware of is the pot in the handle can get goofy and it helps to run it up and down periodically, A small leak in the gas cap valve gets expensive, I throw my drive rolls in caustic soda to boil the aluminum out of the teeth (wire brush will just wear them out quicker) and as you already know with your Spoolmatic don't OVER TIGHTEN THE DRIVE ROLL TENSION.

Here is the manual for your gun:

http://www.millerwelds.com/om/o1213p_mil.pdf

Thanks again for the tip, I've never before found one on eBay.

Good , Im glade it was you that got them. I felt bad that I could not post a link. I thought it cost you a good deal on parts. Thanks for the tips on taking care of the 30A.