Thermal Arc 000 Pro K, Owner'S Manual

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SECTION 3: TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE
The Raider 10,000 Pro K is an asynchronous (brush-less) style generator. The basic theory of this style generator is as
follows:
A permanent magnet (rotor) is rotating at a high speed inside a winding wrapped around a laminated steel core (stator). This
produces a small voltage at a very low intensity, 1 to 2 volts at 1 amp in the exciter windings. This low voltage charges the
excitation capacitors connected in series and directly connected to both ends of the exciter windings. This produces a charge-
discharge situation that augments to the point at which it stabilizes itself in proportion to the magnetic force of the rotor
winding wire’s size and length, capacity of the capacitors, and engine speed (3600 rpm) at about 60 times per second. The
Charge-discharge effect produces a collapsing of magnetic field in the laminated steel, thus creating a current all of its own.
This current produced is proportional to the main winding characteristics, size, length, et
Control
Bridge
Welding Output
Control PC
Board
Auxiliary
Output
TROUBLE SHOOTING