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miller elite helmet repair
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racepak
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Hello everyone
anyone know a place that repairs miller elite helmets?
i contacted miller and they dont repair unless under warranty,

thanks
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Farmwelding
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Where are you located. The place where you purchased your helmet should be able to help or a Miller dealer like welders supply should probably help. What's broken on the helmet?
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Where are you located. The place where you purchased your helmet should be able to help or a Miller dealer like welders supply should probably help. What's broken on the helmet?
A student now but really want to weld everyday. Want to learn everything about everything. Want to become a knower of all and master of none.
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racepak
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Farmwelding wrote:Where are you located. The place where you purchased your helmet should be able to help or a Miller dealer like welders supply should probably help. What's broken on the helmet?
i'm from israel but i can ship everywhere, i got it on ebay several years ago, the miller dealers in israel will rip me a new one lol,

the lens gets real dark when trying to weld, darker then the highest shade,

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If you have to get a whole new lense which may be possible you may want to get a new helmet because a lense or he part that darkens plus your shipping from Israel will be equal to or possibly greater than a new helmet.
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Truthfully I doubt that it will be repairable - warranty claims are likely just replaced with a new lens assembly.

I have a Miller elite also, it has started going through batteries more quickly than it should - I'll buy a new one when it dies.
Dave J.

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dave
i have one as well, how long before
you had issues with it?
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motox wrote:dave
i have one as well, how long before
you had issues with it?
craig
I got it used about 3 years ago. I think it's served a fair amount of time for the money.

I'm still using it, I just have to change the batteries more often than before.
Sometimes I've changed them after only 3 days of normal use.
Other times longer.
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dave
thanks
only on my second set of batters but
i dont weld every day for a living.
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When electronics like that fail, you're generally boned. If it can be repaired, it won't be cheap and you're probably better off just getting another ADF unit/helmet.
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racepak
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thanks for the replys, i just got a spedglass 9100xxi because thats what they sell here, its clearer at idle, but i like the miller headgear better,
i got mine elite about 7 years ago, and it served me well :), i replaced battery's maybe 8 times,

yeah sure, a new lens wont be worth it, i wanted to repair it and have it as a backup.
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