I-Mig 200 not sparking

[noobie]

Hi. This is my 2nd unit. 1st unit after I had time from work to buy my bottle (had to wait on the flow regulator which took another week from everlast) I finally tested it out. I called everlast and had the unit exchanged for another. After a week of waiting for the new unit to arrive today I hooked it up to make sure it was working before I went to sleep since the unit arrive at about 7pm. Still no spark. I don't know if it's me since this is my first time welding with mig or the unit. It seems pretty straight forward. It's was too late to call everlast since it was already 8pm central time. I'm starting to get frustrated because I am spending more time contacting everlast than welding.

Here are some of the pic. Stick seems to be working fine with both unit.

Stick testing 6010


Mig

[noobie]

Been trying to ground it every where I could but I don't think it's ground. Last time ground was suggested from everlast.

[performance]

And the first unit had the same problem? We don't get problems from these units, and it seems you likely you may have returned a perfectly functioning unit. I am glad you posted, as it underlines a point I made the other day about a number of units returned for repair are working and why we offer the only 30 days on the return policy.

The problem is pretty clear, I imagine to many of our MIG guys, but here's the problem.

You don't have your Power cable (hanging loose) plugged into the front Positive port. This is where the unit picks up its power... If you look at the very inside picture you posted of the wire feeder, you'll see the power input cable attached to the lug on the backside of the connector and it hangs out the front. There's your problem right there.

[noobie]

You mean the one that comes out under the mig gun wire? What should I do with it? I wish your manual was more useful.

[performance]

Noobie,
I gave the answer in the post.

But I will repeat it again. Plug it in the positive port. That is the only possible thing it could be for? That is where the unit receive its power from that port, and where you reverse polarity.

[noobie]

Noobie,
I gave the answer in the post.

But I will repeat it again. Plug it in the positive port. That is the only possible thing it could be for? That is where the unit receive its power from that port, and where you reverse polarity.

LOL. I get it, lol. I'll go try it.

[performance]

Is this the SAME problem as the other?

Did you download the manual?

Straight from the manual, page 11:
8. MIG work cable and port. The unit is shipped with the cable tucked inside of the machine. The unit’s cover must be lifted and cable routed through the front port pictured in image 2c so that the end of the coupling is able to be connected to lug. The cable coupling must be inserted into the positive female lug (+) for MIG. The ground cable is then plugged into the nega-tive lug (-). When Stick (MMA,SMAW) is selected, the cable must be disconnected and replaced with the electrode holder(stinger) cable.

[Ray]

I talked to you on the phone initially, it seemed very strange that it word work in stick mode and would feed wire but not arc in Mig.

I ask several times if the power lead was plugged in and even had you look inside where the cable hooks to the wire feed unit.

But the first picture shows the lead hanging there.

[everlastsupport]

Well, that is all over now, we assume he is working.

Just wish the first post did not start with the second unit that does not work (or does the same thing). I saw MIG and said no way..

Anyone know when the cartoonist is starting?

[performance]

Maybe we can hire this guy?