Hello everyone. I have the primeweld cut60 with the PTM60 machine torch. I was changing out the electrode and I guess it seized up and it broke off in the torch. I drilled it out and tapped it to clean out the threads but while I had it apart there are 2 wires that are not connected to anything and they go to two little pins that spring in and out. I have searched the web and everywhere else for the last few weeks but haven’t found anything about these. Does anyone know what they are for and why they are not connected to any thing? I was thinking they might be for something that could be wired in I just have no idea what they are for.
I have also been looking for these type of pins in case this wires could be used for something. I found some that look like them but don’t think they are the correct ones. Does anyone know what these pins are called?
Those wires are not used. If you had a trigger switch, they would be connected to it. Only two wires should be connected to the pilot arc. This is to the best of my knowledge.
The tiny pins connected to the blue wires are the “parts in place” pins. They would prevent the torch from firing without the cap screwed onto the torch. I’m guessing that Primeweld doesn’t have that safety feature, so they are just left disconnected.
You will need to replace the torch head. In most cases you have already damaged the inner electrode plunger. And as said those blue wires are not used on a Primeweld as the plasma cutter has no safety or parts in place electronics.
Any way I carry everything you would need to repair your torch.
