I bought two new Deere welders at the Deere dealership I was working at around 1972. Both have worked flawlessly until today. I have no
idea who made these welders for Deere. I have never seen any like them under a different brand-name. Slide-control for amps and two
different voltage outputs.
So today - I went out the unheated barn with one welder is. It was around 16 degrees F. I could not make the amp-control lever move. It
is an odd design with two plastic-coated bars that slide in or out of a transformer. Big nut on top applies spring pressure to the bar to
lock it in place. When I took the cover off, I found I can easily shove them in an out by pushing directly on them. Odd? Linkage is not
stuck or rusty. I am sort of blaming the cold but I have used this thing when it was 20 below F and it worked fine. Cannot figure what the
heck has changed?
idea who made these welders for Deere. I have never seen any like them under a different brand-name. Slide-control for amps and two
different voltage outputs.
So today - I went out the unheated barn with one welder is. It was around 16 degrees F. I could not make the amp-control lever move. It
is an odd design with two plastic-coated bars that slide in or out of a transformer. Big nut on top applies spring pressure to the bar to
lock it in place. When I took the cover off, I found I can easily shove them in an out by pushing directly on them. Odd? Linkage is not
stuck or rusty. I am sort of blaming the cold but I have used this thing when it was 20 below F and it worked fine. Cannot figure what the
heck has changed?