[tech] Soldering Iron

Andrew Williams andrew at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Mar 19 00:47:01 WST 2001


On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 00:29:35 +0800, Simon Fryer wrote:

>The heating element in the soldering iron is officially FITH. This is 
>part of the shaft of the iron. The temperature switch and power supplies
>seem to work well. 

Have you tried different tips? Those Weller irons have a megnetic
switch in the shaft, and the tips are magnetic. At a certain temp, the
tip loses its magentism and that switches off the heater, so you can
change the regulation temperature by changing tips.

Andrew





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