Lincoln Electric SVM159-A User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Master Table of Contents

  8
• Safety

  2
• Section A - Installation

  9
• Section B - Operation

  21
• Section C - Accessories

  29
• Section D - Maintenance

  31
• Section E - Theory of Operation

  35
• Section F - Troubleshooting & Repair

  43
• Symptoms

  46
  • Major physical or electrical damage is evident when the sheet metal cover is removed.

    46
  • The machine is dead—no output— no LED’s.

    46
  • The main input fuses (or breaker) repeatedly fail.

    46
  • The machine does not have welding output.

    47
  • The POWER WAVE 355/405 will not produce full output.

    47
  • The machine regularly overheats and the yellow thermal light is ON indicating a thermal overload.

    48
  • An attached wire feeder will not function correctly. Apparently the wire feeder is not being poweredup.

    48
  • The machine often “noodle welds” with a particular procedure. The output is limited to approximately 100 amps.

    49
  • Excessively long and erratic arc.

    49
  • Auxiliary receptacle is “dead” no auxiliary voltage.

    50
  • A fault or error code is displayed.

    50
  • General degradation of the weld performance.

    50
• Section G - Electrical Diagrams

  121