2014/2015 210EXT Daughterboard Identification: I Smoked It, Can It Be Fixed?

[christian]

Yeah,

My 2014/2015 210EXT smoked a daughterboard after I did another sweep-down of my garage, which included using a leaf blower that undoubtedly moved around a lot of metal particles, and I then proceeded to weld, as the shielding gas became irregular, and I noticed an "804" code on the panel, it was then that the internals let out a "pop" and a visible spark from inside.

I'd been lazy for the past five years, not having cleaned the internals, which were pretty dirty as I finally cleaned them out now.

Maybe "Mark/Performance" from Everlast here on the Forum can inform me which daughterboard this is, so I can communicate more intelligibly with the Everlast phone staff, when I do contact them soon.

I'm guessing that it's one that has to do with the torch amperage modulation, but I'm no electronics technician, and with a resistor, at least one diode, and a trace blown on it, that seems to be better to just swap out the small daughterboard, if they're still available to be had for purchase.

Yes, the unit is out-of-warrantee after more than 8 years. I purchased it in Jan., 2015, but it was manufactured in July, 2014.

Anyway, if one of these daughterboard?s can still be had a a reasonable cost, I'll take a shot at swapping the daughterboard.

Otherwise, I'm inclined to get another, more updated 210EXT, as the low-amp arc starts on AC are a big plus for me on thin aluminum.

I mean, after more than 8+ years, at around the same price of around $1500, the 210EXT has had an actual cost of about $181 per-year, which is an undoubted winner, to me.