diy - DIY & Electronics

>>1432
>I still have it and instead of buying a new one I want to try rebuilding it with new parts.
Why the fuck would you do that?
>I think the heating element aka the inducer is fried.
Maybe they sold you a 120v soldering iron when your mains is 240, in any case those are rubbish and if the heating element has broken there's nothing to do to save it.

If you want a soldering iron to use for many years I recommend one of these, a velleman. I have a lower end model and it still works fine after 5 years, I haven't even changed the tip and it's still nice and shiny. It's less than 30$ for a good quality product that will last a good portion of your life.

well i dont have very much cash and it was my first buy so i had no idea it would b so soykaf but i guess i have no choice but to buy a new one

>>1435
It was just a bad buy, my first soldering iron was $3 and I used it for well over a year of occasional use. The cheap thing in those is the tip, the tin literally eats through it.
But as >>1434 says, if the heating element is gone there is nothing left to save. Cables are rubbish and so is the tip, maybe you can reuse the handle for something if you really want that buck back.
And as he said, if you buy online you must always check the voltage it's supposed to operate at. This shouldn't be a problem in stores.
My second one was a $10 one (it came with a lot of tips and soykaf like that) and it still works, but the cable was horribly stiff and I replaced it with a clothes iron cable, much longer and very very soft.
My third and current is a cheap $15 regulated soldering station, it has a little trimmer to set the temperature. It's not really temperature controlled, I think it's just a trimmer that sets the value of a pwm, but it does the trick.

Dude, just get a soldering station with a removable iron and temperature control. That single-setting cheap soykaf will end up doing more damage than good once you start messing with heat-sensitive components.

were you leaving it plugged in too long? unfortunately these cheap ones that don't have an on off need to be pretty frequently unplugged and plugged back in, every 5 minutes or so usually.

1.99 soldering irons can last a long time if you are careful. doubt like many people are saying that the iron itself was just fuarrrked because it was cheap.