machine slowing down after a long tattoo

**Pinhas** · 01-18-2012, 08:00 PM

hello i´m new in the forum and in the rotary tattoo machines if some one cod help me i appreciete

i got a swashdrive gen 7 and a stigma bizzare v2 and after a few hours into the tattoo the machine starts to slow down
is this normal?
thanks

**ckjr** · 01-18-2012, 08:10 PM

both machines slow down?

**OwlsDen** · 01-18-2012, 08:14 PM

Might be your power supply, or might be a loose cable. After some time if the machine heats up then the RCA cable could loosen up. Or if it is a clip cord, it could be just a bad connection.

**wildboy** · 01-19-2012, 03:17 AM

Are you using disposables or metal tubes?

**Pinhas** · 01-19-2012, 05:13 AM

thank´s for the replay

yes both machines slow bown
metal tubes
i´m starting to think that the probem is from the power supply

**wildboy** · 01-19-2012, 05:35 AM

Maybe youre not cleaning out the tube often enough while tattooing and the machine slows down because it has to push the needle through the dried ink blood etc.?

**Pinhas** · 01-19-2012, 02:57 PM

i dont think the probem is cleaning. becose and i´m using gray whash the same probem append.
what power supply are you using?

**The Limey** · 01-19-2012, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Pinhas

i dont think the probem is cleaning. becose and i´m using gray whash the same probem append.
what power supply are you using?

Are you using one of the critical knock off (hurricane type) power supplies?

**wildboy** · 01-19-2012, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by Pinhas

i dont think the probem is cleaning. becose and i´m using gray whash the same probem append.
what power supply are you using?

I had a Critical knockoff in use for about a year and I had some issues with different machines but they did stop totally not just slow down. The Hurricane is a total crap supply not worth the money... I bought a EMS400 last month and all my machines are running perfectly.