2007-01-02
What a waste, kind of.
My fourth used Maxstar 150 purchase from Ebay continues the recent trends of disasters and arrived not working. Luckily it turned out to be simplest of things to deal with: the power switch. So off to the welding shop where I ordered a replacement (Miller part number 208550) for $5. It arrived today, though of course Airgas didn't call me. Luckily I called them and they found the part, so I went and picked it up along with some new fireplace gloves.
My fourth used Maxstar 150 purchase from Ebay continues the recent trends of disasters and arrived not working. Luckily it turned out to be simplest of things to deal with: the power switch. So off to the welding shop where I ordered a replacement (Miller part number 208550) for $5. It arrived today, though of course Airgas didn't call me. Luckily I called them and they found the part, so I went and picked it up along with some new fireplace gloves.
Staring at the lettering on the side revealed that it was a Cherry brand switch, and in fact that it was from the WR series. From there it was just a matter of decoding the option codes: circuitry, actuator, marking, housing color, function, etc. And that gave me the exact part number:WRG32F2FBBN.
Plug that into Google, and you get links to distributors, like Allied and Mouser, offering the part quantity one for $1.16 and $1.34. Looks like Miller paid about $0.75 for them in quantity. Oh well. I could have saved a few bucks, except the shipping would have probably wiped any savings out.
Well, if I ever build my own welder, I'll use a switch just like Miller, and I know where to get them.
