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csmith
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I've been told the miller maxstar has a capacitive discharge arc start and not high frequency. I was wondering if that is why the maxstar seems to lose it's striking ability as it racks up the hours in use
Poland308
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Some of the capacitors might be bad. I'm not sure if you can replace just the bad ones or if they all come as an assembly.
I have more questions than answers

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csmith
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We send them back to miller, it just seems that the machines that have actual high frequency start never seem to have a problem.
cj737
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csmith wrote:it just seems that the machines that have actual high frequency start require less maintenance.
Fixed that for you- ;)
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