Yep, these things get _insanely_ hot. I wasn't aware of that, so I went about the job of soldering a heavy duty switch as I normally would. Within a few seconds, the plastic housing had melted and the contacts came apart. There's a simple hack for it available, with a pot attached to a couple of pads _that were designed for exactly this purpose_ on the PCB. Insane that they designed the feature in but didn't bother soldering on a single component to make it work.
According to dsfasdSDSE there is a way to ajust the temperature on this soldering station this is what is said (There is a calibration mode for this soldering iron: 1) power it on, let it turn solid green 2.a) to reduce the temperature press and hold power until it turn solid red 2.b) to increase the temperature press and hold power until it turn blinking green 3) short press power to increase or decrease the temperature (3 clicks around 10 degrees change) 4) to end the calibration press and hold power button until it turns solid green)
Soldering with it is definitely pain in the arse, since the soldering tin always gets oxidized before you do something. I will most probably be looking into it to manipulate the temp feedback to run at lower temps.
Thanks, this sparked an idea to make an adaptor for the 20V battery to my TS100 soldering iron which is insanely tiny and smart and also uses the Hakko T12 tips. 😁
Yes. The soldering station has preparation for external potentiometer. There are three pins available for that, one next to each other. you can place trimmer there for fixed temp, or you can place resistor and potentiometer there for regulated temp.
On the PCB there is preparation for 3-pin connector. The pins are for potentiometer. There is junction 0R resistor between feedback pin from pen and feedback pin to regulator. The fb pin from pen goes to CW end of potentiometer. The fb pin to regulator (should be center) goes to adj of potentiometer. And the third pin is ground that goes to CCW end of potentiometer
I know man. That's because I don't do clickbait thumbnails, my videos are not that enjoyable, and honestly, this is my secondary channel that gets less videos than my main czech spoken one.
I am also more into 18650, but there already is global test of these. But AAs are not thoroughly tested yet, and they are still widely used today (alongside with AAA)
Nice review. Thank you, I definitely won't be buying this one, as I already have T12 station with DC jack, and it does its job running on batteries, but with temperature control.
Cordless tools in general only make sense if you use one battery system and more cordless tools. This soldering iron is not as a standalone iron to compete with KSGER, AIXUN or other. It's soldering solution foe people already running their X20V system power tools.
Yep, these things get _insanely_ hot. I wasn't aware of that, so I went about the job of soldering a heavy duty switch as I normally would. Within a few seconds, the plastic housing had melted and the contacts came apart. There's a simple hack for it available, with a pot attached to a couple of pads _that were designed for exactly this purpose_ on the PCB. Insane that they designed the feature in but didn't bother soldering on a single component to make it work.
According to dsfasdSDSE there is a way to ajust the temperature on this soldering station this is what is said (There is a calibration mode for this soldering iron:
1) power it on, let it turn solid green
2.a) to reduce the temperature press and hold power until it turn solid red
2.b) to increase the temperature press and hold power until it turn blinking green
3) short press power to increase or decrease the temperature (3 clicks around 10 degrees change)
4) to end the calibration press and hold power button until it turns solid green)
This is for A1 version. On B2 is not working because they changed mainbord on smaller one .
Short yet comprehensive description with pros n cons. You're right it goes directly to max temp at 480 deGC way above most of my soldering jobs...
Soldering with it is definitely pain in the arse, since the soldering tin always gets oxidized before you do something. I will most probably be looking into it to manipulate the temp feedback to run at lower temps.
Thanks, this sparked an idea to make an adaptor for the 20V battery to my TS100 soldering iron which is insanely tiny and smart and also uses the Hakko T12 tips. 😁
Excellent, thanks for all the useful info.
👍👍👍🙂🤝
might be worth modding it to add a 7-segment to show temp + pot to control temp
Yes. The soldering station has preparation for external potentiometer. There are three pins available for that, one next to each other. you can place trimmer there for fixed temp, or you can place resistor and potentiometer there for regulated temp.
@@bekrstechnologies can you give more details on fitting pot to bring temp down
On the PCB there is preparation for 3-pin connector. The pins are for potentiometer. There is junction 0R resistor between feedback pin from pen and feedback pin to regulator. The fb pin from pen goes to CW end of potentiometer. The fb pin to regulator (should be center) goes to adj of potentiometer. And the third pin is ground that goes to CCW end of potentiometer
@@bekrstechnologies thank you 👍
Bro you're seriously under rated
I know man. That's because I don't do clickbait thumbnails, my videos are not that enjoyable, and honestly, this is my secondary channel that gets less videos than my main czech spoken one.
@@bekrstechnologies Well keep it up man, I enjoyed it. And a huge thanks for the information.
Next video coming is test of 196 AA batteries.
@@bekrstechnologies I'll be sure to watch it, I'm in 18650's myself so I work daily with batteries.
I am also more into 18650, but there already is global test of these. But AAs are not thoroughly tested yet, and they are still widely used today (alongside with AAA)
Nice review. Thank you, I definitely won't be buying this one, as I already have T12 station with DC jack, and it does its job running on batteries, but with temperature control.
Too expensive, you will need Iron, battery pack, charger the iron is a cheep China iron, look out for bad battery packs it's just more junk
Cordless tools in general only make sense if you use one battery system and more cordless tools. This soldering iron is not as a standalone iron to compete with KSGER, AIXUN or other. It's soldering solution foe people already running their X20V system power tools.