LG your actually quite funny, maybe your true calling is comedyJim is nearly right, I have that tool with my soldering station and its function is actually to launch a component into the upper atmosphere for rapid cooling. It works really well but you spend 3/4 of a day looking for the component! Mine has been as handy as a chocolate soldering iron bit
I was not complaining about your humor, I simply said I thought you were funny. Thanks for the input.Sorry for the humor I dont actually mean to be funny!! I kind of write what I think................so maybe it isnt humor its just a messed up mind! I blame ETO and 5 years of hanging out with some very sick puppies, even my dog looked normal before i put the pic on here
I know you wernt complainingI was not complaining about your humor, I simply said I thought you were funny. Thanks for the input.
Jim is nearly right, I have that tool with my soldering station and its function is actually to launch a component into the upper atmosphere for rapid cooling. It works really well but you spend 3/4 of a day looking for the component! Mine has been as handy as a chocolate soldering iron bit
I found my chip stuck to the bottom of a cloud, maybe your socks are there too? Also check the ceiling for the embedded chip
Yep that's what it did for me, After being told what it was for I decided I MUST give it a try.....I might find that part one day....maybe the same place as all my lost socks lol
Well, I got my station yesterday, and now I will share my first impressions. First thing I thought when I open the box was "I'm gonna need a bigger bench". The unit is quite a consumer of real-estate. See image:
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Looking at the photo, I guess it is not that much. Anyways, I am not usually one for reading instructions but I did this time. There was a warning slip that came with the solder station.
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I read "Please Remove" the 3 "Silver" Pump Securing Screws which are located on the bottom of the unit. So I turn the unit on its side and sure enough I found 3 silver screws, and proceeded to remove them. As I loosened the third screw, I heard a plunk, and my thought was Oops! Oh crap, well not to let my new toy end up broken I removed the top panel, and sure enough, I had also removed not only the pump, but a power transformer. I looked around and I did not see any damage, so I just put the thing back together. Took a photo of the inside since I already had it open.
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Looking back now, I think the warning label should have said, remove the #3 silver screw, doah. Anyways looks like there is a microcontroller in this thing.
I put the unit back together and powered it up, solder iron only. Heated up quick and nicely, but as I was in the middle of another task, I thought I would do some actual soldering later.
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So all in all, first impression are that this thing is solid and well built, the chassis construction was made with durable tough chassis and the Blue LED display looked purrty.
Oh I almost left out the important part. I did measure the resistance of the heating element. There were 4 wires, two clear insulated wires and two colored wires. The ohmic value of the two color wires were 1.1 ohm, and the other pair was 14.8 ohm. The 14.8 ohm made sense but the other pair did not, to me anyways. Thats it for now. Oh a nifty magnifiying glass/lamp came with the unit, but it got set aside until I get a bigger bench top
I have just read through this thread and very interesting it is too. It seems to me that most people messing with electronics would appreciate a recommendation for a reasonably priced high quality iron- any chance of someone doing an ETO Article so that the essence of this thread remains easily accessible?
spec
Ok MrAL If everyone agrees I will act as collator/editor and and put together all the information in this thread into one text. I will then post it for comments, if everyone agrees that is.Hi,
That's a good idea really. I could maybe do a short one. I started a thread about soldering iron ratings being misleading and all, and that's a sticky.
Alternately, we could work out the details here as a group and then one of us post the article. Would be a group effort article
Maybe you could make a list of the important points that people would want to know about. I know one is the rating, maybe another that tricky bottom screw. Oh yeah, handle types and ratings and where to purchase, maybe connector pinouts too for example.
Well it turns out, only one screw was used to secure the pump, the other two were holding the transformer in place. Mine too had red goop around the screw.My screws were painted red as well, 3 of them and they stop the pump bouncing around in transport. Lost my screws ages ago after they first came loose
Okay, it is official then, your the guy.Ok MrAL If everyone agrees I will act as collator/editor and and put together all the information in this thread into one text. I will then post it for comments, if everyone agrees that is.
spec
LOL they used the WEP instructions but didnt use all three on the pumpWell it turns out, only one screw was used to secure the pump, the other two were holding the transformer in place. Mine too had red goop around the screw.
Ok MrAL If everyone agrees I will act as collator/editor and and put together all the information in this thread into one text. I will then post it for comments, if everyone agrees that is.
spec
Well, I got my station yesterday, and now I will share my first impressions. First thing I thought when I open the box was "I'm gonna need a bigger bench". The unit is quite a consumer of real-estate. See image:
View attachment 99008
Looking at the photo, I guess it is not that much. Anyways, I am not usually one for reading instructions but I did this time. There was a warning slip that came with the solder station.
View attachment 99009
I read "Please Remove" the 3 "Silver" Pump Securing Screws which are located on the bottom of the unit. So I turn the unit on its side and sure enough I found 3 silver screws, and proceeded to remove them. As I loosened the third screw, I heard a plunk, and my thought was Oops! Oh crap, well not to let my new toy end up broken I removed the top panel, and sure enough, I had also removed not only the pump, but a power transformer. I looked around and I did not see any damage, so I just put the thing back together. Took a photo of the inside since I already had it open.
View attachment 99010
Looking back now, I think the warning label should have said, remove the #3 silver screw, doah. Anyways looks like there is a microcontroller in this thing.
I put the unit back together and powered it up, solder iron only. Heated up quick and nicely, but as I was in the middle of another task, I thought I would do some actual soldering later.
View attachment 99012
So all in all, first impression are that this thing is solid and well built, the chassis construction was made with durable tough chassis and the Blue LED display looked purrty.
Oh I almost left out the important part. I did measure the resistance of the heating element. There were 4 wires, two clear insulated wires and two colored wires. The ohmic value of the two color wires were 1.1 ohm, and the other pair was 14.8 ohm. The 14.8 ohm made sense but the other pair did not, to me anyways. Thats it for now. Oh a nifty magnifiying glass/lamp came with the unit, but it got set aside until I get a bigger bench top
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