Homebrew PCBs

On Monday 03 May 2004 03:50 pm, Stefan Trethan wrote:
> >> Supply it with rectified (and cap. filtered) AC and you get the
> >> necessary "plus" in power for enabling the control loop to work - so you
> >> can still use your 110VAC heater.

> > Control loop?  Where's the feedback portion of it?

> either the heater itself or a external small thermistor/thermocouple..

Ah,  there's the catch.  That sort of thing would mean modifying the iron 
itself,  or worse yet the element,  and I *really* don't want to go there.  
At some point,  perhaps I'll stumble across a really good deal on one of 
those "soldering stations",  or perhaps not.  I had a period of several 
*years* go by here without me having fired an iron up at all,  so it's 
probably not worth my while to make any serious investment in such a thing.