Arc starting issue

[gree box]

I hear ya, but it's in a temperature control garage sitting next to my Thermal Dynamic plasma cutter a two red box mig welders which work fine and are older

[christian]

Gee,

The timing is a little unfortunate for the repair of your 250EX.

But your feedback is helpful, to me, and undoubtedly others too, as I've often wondered how reasonable would the pricing be in servicing Everlast units, beyond the warrantee period.

A cost of $500, for parts, labor, and round-trip shipment to restore a welding unit to perfect function, which included the replacement of a main board, seems very reasonable, I think.

I mean, on an out-of-warrantee Miller TIG unit, I think I've heard figures quoted by owners, of around $1000, just for a main board, as a part, then being only customer-installed.

So, beyond the 5-year warrantee, Everlast units seem to still prove to be a better value if a problem does arise. And that may also be true of other Asian-produced units sold and serviced here in North America. So, I'm not just trying to be an evangelist for Everlast only. I mean, my previous GiantTech CAT520D (also labeled as a Lotos unit, and as others names, maybe even as an early Everlast unit too) was known to be able to be serviced and have boards replaced very reasonably for out-of-warrantee or for non-warrantee unit customers.

So, like the brilliant intial value of most of the better Asian-produced welding units lately, the servicing cost/value, even out-of-warrantee, is also better than others, too.

Of course, the Everlast staff seemed to be especially reasonable in helping you, by giving you credit for the initial HF board. I mean, I have previously and currently exercised warrantee issues with Everlast, and find their staff and any bureaucracy involved to be quite reasonable.

[gree box]

Christian,

I may have mislead. It could cost up to $500 . Plus I have to pay round trip shipping on the unit. So say over $500.
The tech line very helpful it taking care of getting this resolved. I have no doubt it will be it working condition soon
I guess my issue is how little it has been used to have an issue where it needs to go back. Who know maybe it's something I'm doing wrong. And it my fault because this is an ongoing problem that I'm finally getting sorted.
Will post feedback once I get it back home

[christian]

Sounds good.

Who knows, maybe it'll be less that $500.

And if it turns out to me a non-issue somehow, maybe even less still.

But, yeah, it'll be fixed. And that 250EX model, along with their 200DX/DV, is a backbone unit of Everlast's TIG line, so it's undoubtedly and inherently robust, statistically.