hobart 180 welding

[richtx Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close richtx]

I have a hobart 180 and I don't understand something, it make a good looking weld but it is only on one piece of metal no penatration ,I uses 75/25 gas ,I have never had a welding machine do this ???????? I clean my metal ,and thinking it has a puddle on both sides of the metal ,but after I run a bead
it only weldes to one side?????????????????

[richtx Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close richtx]

Hobart 180

I call Hobart and they told me that the factory had my leads backward ,(+ -)
I change them ,and it work like a welder should, so this might help other,

[kenc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kenc]

Yes, the machines are always set up for flux core. That's why they supply a 2lb reel of the stuff with each machine.
You should've read the manual, it explains how and why you have to change the connections for solid wire

[Hotfoot Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hotfoot]

Are you running a bead on one side of a solid sheet, and expecting to see a similar bead on the underside? How thick is the steel?