Sorry for posting a question after lurking for so long - such good information has come from this site.
I ran into a problem a few months ago with a cheap harbor freight auto darkening welding helmet that started flashing me once I started welding up around 90 amps on my tig machine. I have had this hood for about a year with no issues. I thought maybe the internal battery was dead so I placed it in the sun for about 5 hours. still produced the same blinding problem.
I then purchased a Kobalt auto-darkening hood and ran into the same issues immediately. A few weeks later I purchased a Jackson fixed lens - no issues.
Today I received my Lincoln Electric 3350 auto darkening hood. Out of the box same problem. I start my weld, within a second I'm up around 90amps and I'm getting flashed, over and over and over.
I have tried every setting, changing the lenses on the old hoods (HF and Kobalt). But the new hood shouldn't be doing that. I called Lincoln Electric and they are doing a warranty service, but I don't believe it's the hood.
The only thing I've changed in my shop is fluorescent LED lightning. I have one over my main welding table.
I'm just frustrated because I can't wear any of the auto darkening helmets, but I can't believe that they aren't working because of the LED fluorescent lighting.
Thanks,
Gunny
I ran into a problem a few months ago with a cheap harbor freight auto darkening welding helmet that started flashing me once I started welding up around 90 amps on my tig machine. I have had this hood for about a year with no issues. I thought maybe the internal battery was dead so I placed it in the sun for about 5 hours. still produced the same blinding problem.
I then purchased a Kobalt auto-darkening hood and ran into the same issues immediately. A few weeks later I purchased a Jackson fixed lens - no issues.
Today I received my Lincoln Electric 3350 auto darkening hood. Out of the box same problem. I start my weld, within a second I'm up around 90amps and I'm getting flashed, over and over and over.
I have tried every setting, changing the lenses on the old hoods (HF and Kobalt). But the new hood shouldn't be doing that. I called Lincoln Electric and they are doing a warranty service, but I don't believe it's the hood.
The only thing I've changed in my shop is fluorescent LED lightning. I have one over my main welding table.
I'm just frustrated because I can't wear any of the auto darkening helmets, but I can't believe that they aren't working because of the LED fluorescent lighting.
Thanks,
Gunny
