On Thursday 03 April 2025 03:58:35 pm wn4isx via groups.io wrote:
On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
Wahl Isotip 60
Take a look at
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that I may have gone around with those folks before. They show a yellow, a gray, and a black one. Mine's red. I'd have to find it to be sure of the model number but I think it might be a 7800. The normal thing is a continuous slow charge when it's in the stand, and there's a white plastic bit on the side of it that you can use to reset the thermostat, at which point it goes into a quick charge mode with the temperature of the battery actuating the thermostat, with a quite distinctive click. The battery has a metal cup on the top end for that thermostat to sit in, so it's pretty unique, can't just stick a couple of cells in there.
The page you link led me to this one:
But the link given to send it to them for a rebuild leads back to that same page. I may try contacting them but at this point I have no urgent need for another soldering iron, so it's one of those round tuit things...
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