Hello group,

I have owned my sa-250 since i purchased new in 1986. I have the cv adaptor installed and also have installed the Lincoln 600 amp cont actor kit. My problem is I have no spark or should say very little, like a spark plug arc. Here is how it happened. On a job one day My ceramic on my rheostat broke leaving it not working so I used a jumper from the neutral with an alligator clip so I could attach to to the rheostat for open circuit voltage control. It worked great for the few weeks that I was on the job. While traveling The jumper came off and when I went to use the welder I had no spark. I put the jumper back on and still no spark. When I installed my CV Adaptor years ago I remember having to excite the armature. Could I have lost excitation. ( ha that's what my wife said ) Has any weldors in this forum had a similar experience. Anyway thank you in advance and I'm glad to have finally joined this forum. I have been reading posts for a long time. www.cvweld.com Don