yes turning black and blowing all the way back into the cup i'm new to aluminum tig so this is a learning curve with frequency and ac balance and I appreciate all the help and feed back im getting . what should my frequency be set at round about at least

this any better

ill try it out and see what happens thank you and will let yall know

ill try that and see I tried to post a picture of my settings but it wont let me upload says the file is to big . balance knob is about 3/4 to the right frequency knob is a little less

im having problems welding aluminum. when I strike the arc my tungsten balls up really bad and I'm running thru electrodes like crazy . they are burning back into the cup. some welds look great then some are not great any help will be much appreciated.my machine is a 2013 powertig 185 using 3/32 1.5...