Hi Sceadwian,
Hey, thanks for replying. Not to sound ungrateful or anything like that for your offerings, but I'd rather troubleshoot it myself. I can't really learn anything very well unless I burn a few fingers! To answer your questions though: I tested the tip temp with a candy thermometer as stated earlier and got, for example, 300°C, but the display would show 240°C. The next time I would get 300°C, the display would show 415°C. Since last night, I tested the tip over several hours with an estimated (candy thermometer) setting of 304°C. It varied by only +/- 8°C or so. This tells me temp stability is pretty close. I'm thinking that the error lies somewhere in the display section but with out any documents it will be, for me, difficult to troubleshoot. Any further thoughts?<ckd>
ps. Completely off-topic question: What the heck is your avatar picture? I just can't make it out!! The Last Unicorn thing and your name I get, but the pic??