Review and rant:
My trusty Weller soldering station of 20+ years finally died so I decided it was probably better to buy a new one then try to repair the old one. I purchased a Weller 70W WE101NA which has a an LCD screen and looked like it had a lot of other cool features. The first thing I noticed was that the wire that connects the soldering pencil to the base was wound up and knotted in the box in such a way that it has permanent kinks in it. I plugged it in and was expecting a back-lit LCD (all the pictures look like it is), but it wasn't back lit. The instruction sheet was very minimal.
I called the Weller USA distributor with my questions and concerns and they knew absolutely nothing and were completely unable to answer anything including if there was supposed to be a backlight. I sent the WE101NA back for exchange and the new one was exactly like the original including the wire being tangled and kinked.
As many products are now days it is built like junk and and in no way compares to the 20 year old one. Opening up the base you just find a cheep PCB and transformer. I thought Weller was the best, but their support, knowledge of their product and construction of the unit is laughable. Think I should have kept the old one!
My actual questions:
Now that I have my rant out of the way I do have a few questions:
1. I have never had an adjustable temperature soldering iron before.
Approximately what temperature should I be setting it to?
2. There is a setting in the menu called "offset"
What is this all about? How/why do I use this?
Thanks
My trusty Weller soldering station of 20+ years finally died so I decided it was probably better to buy a new one then try to repair the old one. I purchased a Weller 70W WE101NA which has a an LCD screen and looked like it had a lot of other cool features. The first thing I noticed was that the wire that connects the soldering pencil to the base was wound up and knotted in the box in such a way that it has permanent kinks in it. I plugged it in and was expecting a back-lit LCD (all the pictures look like it is), but it wasn't back lit. The instruction sheet was very minimal.
I called the Weller USA distributor with my questions and concerns and they knew absolutely nothing and were completely unable to answer anything including if there was supposed to be a backlight. I sent the WE101NA back for exchange and the new one was exactly like the original including the wire being tangled and kinked.
As many products are now days it is built like junk and and in no way compares to the 20 year old one. Opening up the base you just find a cheep PCB and transformer. I thought Weller was the best, but their support, knowledge of their product and construction of the unit is laughable. Think I should have kept the old one!
My actual questions:
Now that I have my rant out of the way I do have a few questions:
1. I have never had an adjustable temperature soldering iron before.
Approximately what temperature should I be setting it to?
2. There is a setting in the menu called "offset"
What is this all about? How/why do I use this?
Thanks