CFP Torch no longer firing DELETE this thread

[mg6studios]

CFP has been working perfectly until this morning… now the torch will not fire.

My CFP Build Thread

So, for the first two weeks of operating my CFP and only a half sheet worth of cuts, I woke up this morning and started a job and the torch will not fire [IHC/THC error pops up after it touches off the metal. Is not working?]. I quickly read through a few threads here and nothing has fixed it. I ran the THC test three times and the torch never fires. It was working nominally just a week ago. I took the consumables off the torch and they look nearly new. Not much time on them so far. I checked …

[Bigdaddy2166]

If you remove the nozzle, can you push up on the electrode? It should push up and snap back down.

[mg6studios]

the two inner parts came out when i unscrewed the cover

[Bigdaddy2166]

Did the electrode unscrew? Send pictures.

[mg6studios]

lemme check in the morning. i turned off subpanel to do another job

[ds690]

If he has the Hypertherm style torch, the electrode doesn’t screw in. The electrode and nozzle fall out when you remove the part that holds them in.

[mg6studios]

Doh. Lessons learned. While I was out on holiday I was thinking.

Turns out when I drained and refilled the table I sort of forgot to recharge the air to the plasma cutter.

Learned: plasma cutter requires air to fire the torch.

[ChelanJim]

Look at it this way:
Glass half full moment: You did not waste a bunch of consumables nor metal in the meantime.