soldering iron

BrainFog

Joined Jan 24, 2011
122
30watts is about right. I would imagine that with electronics you run the risk of damaging your delicate components with one as high as a 60watts. As for quality it is often best to invest in something of decent quality otherwise you will endlessly end up replacing the cheap ones. Make sure you get a proper holder for the soldering iron too not just a hook.

Also when I clicked on your link I got security warnings telling me it is an unsafe website. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/monstermarketplace.com
 

ian.blue

Joined Jul 12, 2011
31
Just a quick point. When you are soldering if you leave theiron in its cradle for a while as you are sorting your components its overheats and spoils your nice tinned point. A good solution for this is to incorporate a limit switch on your cradle with a diode wired across it.
This has the effect of cutting off half a cycle and therefore reducing the power to your iron. the instant you pick it up you are on to full power.
Works very well in practice.
 

Stuntman

Joined Mar 28, 2011
222
30watts is about right. I would imagine that with electronics you run the risk of damaging your delicate components with one as high as a 60watts.

Be very careful with this line of thinking.

This is a great breakdown of what wattage actually means to the guy using it: http://store.curiousinventor.com/guides/how_to_solder/select_iron/

That said, you are right, 30W is probably sufficient for most small tasks.

As for the OP: you are listing tips for old 936 and their clones. There are a ton of them out there (one of the most cloned soldering irons in the world). Probably one of the cheapest is this one from circuit specialists:

http://www.circuitspecialists.com/soldering-station.html
 
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