One point not mentioned earlier is that there's a difference between "temperature control," where the tip contains a sensor and soldering stations advertised as "variable temperature." The better stations contain a tip temperature sensor. It's easy to be deceived in purchasing the wrong type of station based on unusually low price and the wording used in an ad.
Paul, W9AC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] soldering station > The Weller WES51 and the Aoyue 937 were both highly recommended (I don't > have experience with either. I use a Hakko 936, also an excellent > soldering > station). The Hakko has a grounded tip. I don't know whether the others > are > isolated or grounded. > > I note that Amazon.com has a sale going on featuring the WES56 and Aoyue > 937. Don't know how competitive the prices are overall - I didn't check > other sites. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > Gang > > last week there was a thread on soldering stations,, before I ordered one > I lost a week of e mail... I dont want to start the thread again but > could > someone off list give me a head up on the recommended station > I believe it had an isolated tip etc > > Bob K3DJC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
