DH-10 Heads & Controls OPERATOR'S MANUAL ... - Lincoln Electric

B-11WIRE REEL CHANGINGOPERATIONWIRE FEED OVERLOAD PROTECTIONB-11At the end of a coil, remove the last of the old electrodecoil from the conductor cable by either pulling itout at the nozzle end of the gun or by using the followingprocedure:1) Cut the end of the electrode off at the gun end. Donot break it off by hand because this puts a slightbend in the wire making it difficult to pull it backthrough the nozzle.2) Disconnect the gun cable from the gun connectoron the DH-10 wire drive unit and lay the gun andcable out straight.3) Using pliers to grip the wire, pull it out of the cablefrom the connector end.4) After the electrode has been removed, reconnectthe gun cable to the drive. Load a new reel of electrodeper the instructions in “Wire Reel Loading” inthis section.LOSS OF VOLTAGE SENSE SHUTDOWNIf the actual displayed voltage, when the trigger isclosed, drops below 8.0 volts for over 0.8 second it isassumed the voltage feed back sensing circuit to theDH-10 is opened or faulty, so Loss of Voltage SenseShutdown occurs until the trigger is released.This shutdown stops the motor, shuts off the gas flowand disables the power source output to prevent theDH-10 voltage control from driving the power sourceoutput too high due to loss of proper feedback sensingvia #21 (WORK) and #67 (ELECTRODE) sensingleads.The DH-10 has solid-state overload protection of thewire drive motor. If the wire drive motor becomesoverloaded for an extended period of time, the protectioncircuitry turns off the power source, wire feed andgas solenoid, and then displays “H30” on the WFSdisplay (with blank Voltage display). This indicates thewire drive motor is overloaded and will remain shutdown for about 30 seconds before the unit will automaticallyreset. The “H30” display decrements everysecond until it reaches “H00”. At that time, the unitresets automatically and the previous displays willreturn indicating the unit is ready to operate again.Overloads can result from improper tip size, liner,drive rolls, or guide tubes, obstructions or bends in thegun cable, feeding wire that is larger than the ratedcapacity of the feeder or any other factors that wouldimpede normal wire feeding. (See “Avoiding WireFeeding Problems” in the MAINTENANCE section).GROUNDING LEAD PROTECTORThe frame of the DH-10 Control is grounded to theframe of the power source by a lead in the controlcable. An overload protector prevents welding currentfrom damaging this lead if the electrode circuit touchesthe wire feeder frame while the electrode is electricallyhot.If such a grounding lead fault occurs, the WFS displaywill show “GLP,” (with blank Voltage display) and thetrigger circuit will be disabled. To reset the circuit,release the trigger, make sure that the electrode is nottouching the wire feeder frame, and then either pressany key on the keypad or close the trigger. When theGLP circuit is reset, the “GLP” display is removed andthe wire feeder is returned to normal operating mode.Note: If the power source selection dip switches areall in the off position (see Section B-3), the loss ofvoltage shutdown is disabled.DH-10