[sdiy] Bad Weller soldering iron

[patchell]

    This is what I thought happened to mine (and it has happened before)...I
was surprised to find it was the heater, and pissed too...

Tony Clark wrote:

>    Hi Theo,
>
> > For the last 6 months or so my 4 year old Weller WTCP also has problems.
> > Quite often the tip doesn't heat up after some time of use.
> > I can't find what's wrong with it :(  ,doesn't seem to be the switch.
>
>    I've dealt with this problem for years.  We use the WTCP in a
> production environment, and I noticed these were failing at the rate of
> about 1 a month.
>    It turns out that the problem is the cord.  It tends to break right at
> the strain relief (which, BTW it doesn't, it's too stiff to work
> properly).
>    So the solution was to buy a whole lot of replacement cords and
> replace them as needed.  I have once seen the actual heater element go
> bad, but that's pretty rare.
>
>    Cheers,
>
>    Tony
>
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