Manual adjustments to gas pressure and current

The plasma power supply automatically sets the gas pressure and current to align with the Hypertherm® cartridge type, operating mode, the torch type, and the length of the torch lead.

You can adjust the output current, the gas pressure, or both manually if necessary.

Changing the operating settings from their defaults is recommended only for experienced operators.

• The plasma power supply keeps the manual settings until you install a different type of Hypertherm cartridge or you install a different torch.
• If you manually set the operating settings and then replace the Hypertherm cartridge with a new cartridge of the same type, the plasma power supply keeps your settings.
  Note:

  A type of Hypertherm cartridge refers to the cartridge application, such as gouging, standard drag-cutting, FineCut® or mechanized. Each type of Hypertherm cartridge has a different part number.

• The plasma power supply also keeps your settings if you do a quick restart or a cold restart.