[karlgabel]

Hi All,

I have a Duramax Retrofit machine torch P/N 228790 for my Hypertherm PowerMax 1000.
This was purchased used on Ebay with the understanding that the torch was removed from
working equipment.

Once received, I found out that there were are a couple of wires going to the connector that
are a bit sketchy - looks like they are close to breaking (red wires) and there is one set (orange)
that was broken after removing the zip ties that connected everything.

I also found that one of the white wires had evidences of insulation breadown and there was
some minor arcing.

I do not have any issue with doing the repair work myself as my background is in electrical
engineering and I have a fair amount of hands on experience. I would however have someone
knowledgeable repair the torch and test it out on known good machinery.

I wonder if anyone has had such a torch repaired or if they have done the repair themselves?
I reached out to Hypertherm support and was told that they do not do repair work - hard to
believe?

I appreciate your inputs on this matter.

Thanks very much,

Karl Gabel
Henderson, Nevada, USA

[jimcolt]

Hypertherm has a number of independent repair centers that do repair work on all of our equipment, including torches. The repair centers are trained by our tech service and training techs, however our tech service department does not often do these types of repairs themselves. If you want details for torch repairs....I would suggest downloading the service manual for one of our Powermax65 or 85 plasma systems from the Plasma, waterjet and laser cutting systems from Hypertherm website....this has all of the details of internal connections for the Duramax torch. Jim Colt Hypertherm

[karlgabel]

Thanks very much Jim - I will look into the information you've provided.