Everything was working fine. Until it wasn’t. One day, mid $30 piece of aluminum sheet, it failed to fire mid part. Been worthless since.
I verified that the LangBox is calling for torch. Consistently (measured continuity at the pins on the 82i CNC connector)
THC Test Fails consistently. Sometimes it will fire the first time. Sometimes not. Sometimes it fires super late on try 2 or 3 but the app already moves on before selecting that it fired.
I’m clamped to the material.
I verified RAW voltage at the CNC connector and the leads going to the VIM. No issue there, I get consistent results with straight test cuts.
I followed all troubleshooting in the link on the test window. Everything seems to check out with the exception that the VIM raw output is measuring .94V when it should be 1.56V (When I say i verified everything, I followed their troubleshooting instructions, triple quadruple checked everything. So yes, I checked the pcb in the langbox, etc)
Also, when it fails the test, the Everlast 82i just keeps dumping air. I have post flow set to 10 sec, but it never stops unless I unplug air, then when reconnected it’s fine. I’m not clamped on the head of the machine torch. I opened the plastic cover to ensure nothing was pinched or obstructing it.
The mechanism moves freely and springs right back.
These are the consumables that came with the 82i. Brand new set.
I am not on tip saver, it’s on auto restart. only other option is gouge.
I’m at consistent 70psi with Air Check
I’m seriously at a loss… I’m with the machine right now, but only for about another hour
I shut off the Torch Height Controller and have the same problem. It cuts my first hole in a part, moves over, fails to arc, goes on about it’s business with no arc. Stopped the program. still dumping air, have to disconnect air for it to stop.
Is the solenoid getting stuck in the open position inside your Everlast causing the next Pierce not to fire because it can’t produce an starter arc with the consumables still in there open running position?
If you do test firing not with the THC test through fire control does the air keep running till you reset the machine?
This is the clue we needed. Your plasma cutter is the problem. Either the air solenoid is bad or the board that controls the solenoid is bad. Contact Everlast support.
How do I know if the solenoid in the machine is stuck? It would appear so, cause once it has failed to arc it just keeps dumping air until I unplug air.
I do believe this is an everlast problem
Pretty unreal. Worked for probably less than 15 minutes of cutting… good lord. made a bad decision on choice of plasma eh?
Oh and ya know what? If I softly jar the plasma (lift the front an inch and let her find the ground on her own), it works again. Till it doesn’t
!!! Do I dare put a few drops of air tool oil through it? !!!
Come to think of it, this thing did the air sticking on thing when it was brand new before it never even did a test fire… so, it appears it’s been funky since day one, and the few parts I’ve been able to cut, was me getting lucky.
I just verified multipple times that a ‘jar’ resets that sucker…
So, I’m going to presume Neverlast didn’t make their own solenoid, so, does anyone have the specs on it? I guess if it needs replacement I’ll hav e my buddy get one from NEVERlast, but… I’m thinking it makes senbse to get a higher quality one of the same specs
And, I want to take this moment to thank you guys for your help
I’m sticking to the name Neverlast from now on lol (i use it for the batteries, so why not the plasma)
Phone Everlast and see if they’ll send you a new one. I’ve only dealt with Everlast Canadian customer service so I have no idea how the US customer service works but I’ve heard they’ve helped people out before.
You’re welcome,Hopefully you can get back to cutting soon.
Well… you didn’t respond fast enough bahahhahahahahaa
I threw a few drops of tool oil through the plasma…
First successful cut since she started acting up.
Sticking solenoid. Having my buddy email them for a replacement
I’ll also get the specs from it and order a quality one, since apparently theirs are SHITE… been an issue since day one before ever cutting a part the thing stuck duming air a couple times.
good lord. I guess he should have gone with the hypertherm… BUT… look what I’ve learned. Probably just a few more things that will get me along the way and I should know what’s what when issues arise…
Contact Everlast. They will want some info about the machine and they will probably send you a new solenoid.
I sent them a picture of the info sticker on the machine and they sent me a new solenoid. I had already taken mine apart for the 3rd time and stretched the spring. It’s still working, so I have the new one for a spare.
Had it going and went after making a part I wanted for the weekend… nope. fail…
I’ll probably take it apart and stretch the spring when I get back, so maybe monday… and get specs and order a quality one… man… it’s expensive when a cut fails… butchered a 2’ x 2’ .125 chunk of aluminum … can’t save the part I was trying to make…
This is what it looks like taken apart. You can see the spring sticking out of the plunger. I doubt your spring is the issue on a relatively new one. It’s more likely that the black seal on the bottom of the plunger is getting hung up on the seat or some debris is jamming the plunger and keeping it from moving smoothly.
For future reference DO NOT add air tool oil. Don’t want any oil or water in air system of plasma cutter will destroy consumables. Want dry/clean air, the solenoids in plasma cutters on designed to work without lubrication from an oil.
Sorry, I told you auto restart, but George is correct, Tip Saver. Mine is always been on Tip Saver. Not sure how that happened. It will work on auto restart, but the tipsaver function saves the tip if it goes more than 3 seconds without cutting. I will be shut off. It has never come into play with me. If you go more than 3 seconds without cutting there is a problem anyway.
I read a book, yes, I have read before and the title was “The Russians”, I believe.
It was written by a journalist that lived there for about 18 months back in the 60’s. One of the things he said about appliances was that you never wanted to buy one built the last 10 days of the month because to meet quotas the workers would often just put the case together without the inner workings connected. This happened whether it be a refrigerator, washing machine or TV.
