Hi all,
I bought a powertig 185 a longgg time ago (almost 3 years ago) and never got around to unboxing or using it (bought a house, had a baby, you know).
Tonight I wired it up and hooked up the gas cylinder (2000 psi argon) but when I try to weld, I don't get any gas flow on the meter or out of the gun. when I first opened the valve on the bottle, I noticed the gas flow went up momentarily then back down to zero. So there are no leaks anywhere, but no flow out of the gun (pre or post). I've tried with both the pedal and the hand trigger, no luck. I even tried with quick connect gas connector out, no flow out of there either.
Is it possible my new unit is defective? Maybe the gas flow solenoid? Is there a way to check it?

thanks
Jonathan
(bummed out in Canada)