28 May
2009
28 May
'09
1:45 a.m.
I got three Wellers one WECP-20 a WTCP-20 and a VP 801 EC desoldering
station.
All three are more then 15 years old and the only problem I had was a bad
connection wire at the WECP.
And that was easy fixed bought a new cable and I was in business again.
And I solder a lot, so I think it's very economic to 'graduate' to a
station.
The other thing is soldering station are not direct connected to the mains
and the most use a discharge resistor between the housing and the mass
connector, and you can choose your own grounding point.
The change you kill something by ESD is a lot smaller then when you are
using a direct grounded iron.
-Rik
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Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] Namens David Griffith
Verzonden: donderdag 28 mei 2009 10:21
Aan: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Onderwerp: when soldering irons go bad
Tonight I had one of those I-gotta-tinker moments at
midnight. I had the Atari 2600 laid open, ready to accept
the AV mod board I finished up a couple days ago. I plugged
in the soldering iron and poured a capful of water from a
bottle into the sponge. After about ten minutes, I picked up
the iron and poked it at the sponge. No sizzle. Dink around
with the cord and shank. No heat. Ah. This is the iron
that I lent to someone who put melty marks in the cord. I
guess it's dead. There went another disposable soldering iron.
One reason I never graduated to /real/ soldering stations is
that I kept wondering "what do I do when it goes bad?". What
do you guys recommend?
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