As I have said before, one thing you might fault this $16 iron for is that the plug has only two prongs for 120vac, no safety ground.
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I have used such irons occasionally for the last 40 years and never had an issue.
But if there were a fault inside around the heating element, the tip could become electrically hot with power from the 120vac mains.
If this is of concern because you have something irreplaceable to solder, you can tightly wrap some copper wire around the base of?
the metal barrel, bringing it back along the the cord to your 120vac outlet safety ground.? I assume any anti-static mat is also
tied to that same safety ground.
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If that seems too janky, it is possible to disassemble the iron and bring that wire back through the inside of the handle,
and replace the two wire cord with a three wire cord.? But that's not trivial to do, and I can't recommend it.
Let us know if anyone finds an iron that is as good but with a safety ground through the cord.? Should be around 100W,
display normally shows current temperature with little lag, shows the new target temperature for a few seconds after
any adjustment with the up/down buttons.
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Jerry, KE7ER
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 05:18 AM, Dean - KC9REN wrote:
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM, Donald S Brant Jr wrote:
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 08:08 AM, Dean - KC9REN wrote:
This one addressed both those issues: ?
What is the spare tip situation?? Much of the Chinese stuff uses Hakko tips, if this one does I might look into it.?
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73, Don N2VGU
Donald, Yes this soldering iron does use the Hakko tips.?
Dean - KC9REN
