> keeps it forever or until it dies from old age. The
> same thing can be said gear made by ERSA (Out of
> Germany. They invented and patented the first
> soldering iron in the 1920's). Everybody that owns an
> ERSA keeps it forever.
>
Well, then i better never throw it away...
I though we are talking about some "does the work on it's own" magic
soldering station. If you say the ersa tools are good then i'm lucky...
By the way, many ERSA stations use the heater as sensing thermistor.
Not sure if the very last generation does.
You can buy the 60W 24V irons for 50 eur, making the control electronics
isn't
hard...
ST
> My two cents.
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