Hello, I had a similar problem with a mig welder of my own. There is a temperature sensor on the heat sink. This can be in the form of a temperature switch which when the heat limit is reached, it activates a fan which cools down the heat sink. This is how it operates. Now, my problem was I was welding at a high current and it overheated my welder. I fixed this on my welder by replacing the fan with a higher volume one. The issue here is cooling. If you are welding at a high current, then the welder will overheat as the cooling is designed for average use. I am thinking that your temperature switch is not weak but operating as normal. I would suggest therefore increasing the cooling somehow by getting more air moving over the heat sink. An easy try is to have an external fan blowing over and into the welder case. Overheating is the issue here and if you have to weld at the higher currents or welding continuously for long times, then you have to get the unit cooler inside.
joe
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