As someone else here has said, something is definitely wrong. My tips last
years on my Weller station, and my Weller hand pencil.
OTOH, my well-meaning wife bought me an el cheapo soldering pencil after I
lost a heat element on my Weller. The tip lasted 15 minutes.
Have you checked your voltage coming out of the wall? It could be high,
aggravating your problem.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: Elhardt@... [mailto:Elhardt@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 1:17 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Solder Tips, will Weller WP35 Tips last?
>
>
> From: Elhardt@...
>
> I will avoid cutting and pasting from every response, but will
> just respond.
>
> I have three solder irons and no tips seem to last long for me.
> I have an
> Ungar and just bought two Craftsman solder irons (30W and 45W) because I
> wanted to try nickel plated tips. The 45W is too hot for PCB
> work, I figured
> I would try it on heavier wiring. I have been using the 30W for
> PCB work.
> All my irons work fine as far as soldering. Two of them are brand new
> afterall. Just the tips desolve away too fast. The tips only cost about
> $1.20 each, so it is no big deal if I need to replace one
> everyday. It is
> just not very fun trying to solder small details and via holes
> when the tip
> isn't pointy, plus I have depleted Radio Shack's stock on tips.
>
> As far as sponges go, I wet mine then squeeze it out so it is not
> very wet.
> I will try wetter sponges and tinning more often and see if that helps.
> Seems like a lot of people are using soldering stations and those
> tips are
> lasting longer. I would think the Weller WP35 would be similar
> to what they
> have on their stations, although every model of station uses a whole
> different type of tips. However one response said his tips last
> for about 3
> to 4 modules, so who knows.
>
> -Elhardt
>
> >