Hypertherm error codes (SOLVED - air pressure low)

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 5:21pm

no

I ran the gas test and got 00 psi

Phillipw · January 29, 2024, 5:23pm

Do you hear the air solenoid making any noise are you getting any air from the plasma?

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 5:25pm

Yes I can hear it and it sounds normal.

Phillipw · January 29, 2024, 5:26pm

Did you do as instructions and pull the trigger? That is with a hand torch.

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 5:34pm

Yes.

Do you know how to check the filter on the back of the machine?

Bill_A · January 29, 2024, 5:36pm

Try running it faster, 150 ipm is slow for 22ga.

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 5:37pm

How much faster?

Phillipw · January 29, 2024, 5:37pm

Visually. Mine has a quarter turn lock on it. Undo the latch turn a quarter button and pull down. Yours may be different.

Bill_A · January 29, 2024, 5:38pm

Max it out at 200

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 5:41pm

Is the latch on the bottom?

Phillipw · January 29, 2024, 5:46pm

No should be close to the top. Do you have your manual close. That filter is probably not your issue if it is a new machine. It may be just a quarter turn.

ChelanJim · January 29, 2024, 5:56pm

If the gas test is measuring “00” that is your problem. It may not be truly 00 but the machine thinks it is. That sensor is probably faulty. Perhaps the sensor is stuck…I don’t know the mechanics of it so it may not be something a user can influence (such as tapping on it to shake its plunger loose).

ChelanJim · January 29, 2024, 6:12pm

You could try to adjust the internal air pressure manually:

StarsandStripesfab · January 29, 2024, 6:20pm

I am busy at the moment. I will test all of that in a moment.

StarsandStripesfab · January 30, 2024, 10:18pm

Thanks everybody for your help. I found out today that my dad installed a second regulator in the air supply to the plasma cutter and that was regulated at 80 psi.

StarsandStripesfab · January 30, 2024, 10:23pm

Do any of you know how much a pack of fine cut consumables is? I can’t find the price on Hypertherm’s website.

Phillipw · January 30, 2024, 10:25pm

Try eBay or just Google. You have to change the swirl ring and everything if I am not mistaken.

StarsandStripesfab · January 30, 2024, 10:25pm

Ok thanks.

Phillipw · January 30, 2024, 10:27pm

The top of your machine or in the manual will have break down with part numbers.

ChelanJim · January 31, 2024, 11:35pm

Glad you figured it out. You might plan to install a another pressure gauge closer to your cutter. It will tell you two things:

Has there been any changes to the expected pressure (such as someone changing a regulator upstream); and
If you have both upstream and downstream gauges, and you start cutting and see a tremendous drop of the downstream gauge, you might assume one of your filters (such as Motorgard) may need a new element.

Here is a topic that was started a few months ago, discussing where to buy Hypertherm consumables: