I moved the ground around.machine won't switch to AC

Yea I moved the ground around.can't figure out how to switch the machine to AC.pretty basic set up with jus amps an arc force.also an A side and a B side and a remote switch. Even tried some 6011s on the crisp side.still acts up

Yea I tried the ground on both ends.it does a little better with the ground at the other end an progressing right to left vs. Left to right. I actually told a guy at work I was gonna pick up a few AC 7018 rods an try it but I don't see how to switch the machine to AC.just an "A" side "...

Back at work today. So today I ran a ground straight from the machine to the piece of square tubing I'm working on.still no luck.it's still burning the flux off as if I were using a push angle on the rod and it's just making a mess.I don't know what else to do.I even burnt some 6011's on the crisp s...

This isn't like any arc blow I've ever seen.arc blow is just when the arc moves around and outside of the joint your trying to weld.I guess it could be if the force was so severe it was making my arc do a back flip before it got to the puddle.really,my arc is trying to burn parallel because of the w...

Yea I've opened a few kegs already goin by the batch # on the can.5/32's do it too.we fabricate for steel erection crews so jus stuff like base plates,stiffeners, clips...that sorta thing.all cuts by shear,plasma, or saw. I seem to catch the worst of it,they sometimes talk about their puddle trying ...

It's set up just like a normal production/fabrication shop except we work outside and use stick welding.the ground wires are ran under the dirt (replaced a few yrs ago) to the various benches where the beams sit.there are 6 machines and all are stored in a storage building about 50 feet away from th...

I use a Lincoln idealarc 400 machine and run 3/16" 7018 rods.I run about 215amps according to the machine(I know it's a good temp,when the machine does right the slag comes right off and I can hold the rod in my fingers til it's too short to hold). HERE IS MY PROBLEM: the flux on the rod is bur...