A lot has to do with gun position as it pertains to the shape of the hose.
Often times most don't pay attention to the shape of the hose when welding in different positions. As straight as possible is best.
Keep feed roller as clean as possible.
And most machines I have come across have the feed tension set way too high.
The lower the better to avoid bird nesting the wire, as well as it will teach you to pay attention to your hose configuration.
Vertical uphill I typically leave the heat at the normal setting for that thickness material for a flat fillet weld, but increase wire feed speed and increase travel speed. Helps keep the puddle from running.
Overhead welds I go a little faster in both wfs and travel speed.
If you hit your duty cycle, either the machine will not weld, or every function will drop off dramatically (depends on machine).
Amazing thanks. The tension thing I have found that out hard way. Of course my first instinct was to add half a twist on the adjuster for more tension Lololol. the machine was close to me so the hose was in a couple loops maybe I should’ve moved it farther and had the hose in one continuous curve.