1. A welding system, comprising: a sensor component adapted to receive information associated with at least one of operation of a welder and weld characteristics; a control component adapted to receive information from the sensor component and to perform at least one test sequence to facilitate welder diagnostics based at least in part upon information received from the sensor component; a diagnostic component adapted to perform welder internal diagnostics and to receive information from at least one of the sensor component and the control component, the diagnostic component determining a health status of welder based at least in part upon information received from at least one of the sensor component, the control component and the welder internal diagnostics, the diagnostic component sending information associated with the health status of the welder to a remote system.