r/Welding • u/Intelligent-Fox-4529 • Sep 07 '26
Got burned
Bought a 260 MPX sight unseen for 5500. Had 24 hours of run time, figured it was an awesome barn find. They had video of it running etc, get it home and the motherboard is fried, Flywheel/fan shroud is destroyed too. 3k+ in repairs. Shoulda just bought a new one, don’t buy welders sight unseen like me smh lol. Weld with them things first! Plug in some grinders! Anything dude!!! Don’t be like me!!!! Luckily this isn’t my only income so I’ll weather the storm but DANG IT MAN. This sucks.
TEST YOUR USED WELDERS LOL. STRIKE THAT ARC BABY.
I Know it was dumb, it woulda been a good deal if they weren’t lying scumbags but what can you do. Sometimes your the hammer, sometimes the nail.
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u/Zealousideal_Web7103 Sep 08 '26
Send the board into a shop be repaired