My induction forge just gave up.
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My induction forge just gave up. Over current fault, done.
So I openned her up and found a smoking gun. Two wires off the current sensor were fused together and arcing/burning. These part of the current measurement, coming out of the coils threaded onto the main power feed to the transformer coil and going to the power PCB.
Separating them leads to a functioning system again.
But: why were these so hot? Thoughts before I wrap them in tape and close up?
#electronics #machining #blacksmithing
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And it's up and running. Wires wrapped, held separated. I'll pull the cover after giving it a good workout and see how much heat there is in the wires and debug further from there.
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@GustavinoBevilacqua yes! The #gravy plays a critical role in providing the insulation between those two conductors.
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And there's the culprit.
The hose has broken right at the compression fitting.When do I just write it off and get one from Coal Iron? They are, sadly, on the wrong side of the Canada/USA border.
