I would check with the technical support people from Lincoln first before making it a habit because, there may be a possibility that feedback into the internals can cause problems long term such as the machine's gas solenoid circuit giving some misleading feedback to the motherboard or the "Micro start circuit failing or both!
I may be incorrect as I have'nt worked on this specific power source but, it's better to be safe than sorry!!!
Merry Christmas to both Plasma-Brain & fbrieden, and their respective families :) :) :)
Respectfully,
Henry