31 Aug
2000
31 Aug
'00
6:32 a.m.
Dave McGuire <mcguire(a)neurotica.com> wrote:
On August 31, Tony Duell wrote:
Hi
The only problem I've had with the tips that are controlled
by the magnetic Currie point is when someone doesn't use the ground.
The switching spikes can be quite high and many don't realize
how much it stresses the parts. We had a bunch of power FETs
that had no input protection damaged when the assembler use
an iron without the proper grounding. The person that had cut
the ground lead said that they worked fine without the ground.
We talked about putting the $5K cost of damaged parts against
his pay check. We didn't have any more problems of missing
ground wires.
Dwight
> I'm thinking I want a WES50 Weller
Soldering Station, as it looks like a
> good balance between cheapness and high-end. Of course anything would be
a
While I can't comment on that particular model, I'd certainly go for a
Weller. I'm still using one of their Magnastat TCP irons, and it's never
given me any problems.
Yes, I have a TCP here too...I got it fifteen years ago, and it was
old then! It has yet to give me any trouble...and for such a simple
mechanism, the temperature control works very well! Kudos to Weller
for making such an indestructible tool.