My main soldering station is a cheap $40 ebay model with a Triac. I think it's a 40-60W iron, I find that out, I don't remember anymore. There's only the triac, and 2-3 resistors, switch light, basically. I'll map it out soon. I have tons of resistors, and pots too.
So I want to boost it's power by 10-20W and see if everything's fine and works better. Until I get a real Hakko FX-888d, why not?? I bought some BT136-600 TRIAC's 600V 4A, just at random so I'd have TRIAC's
https://www.promelec.ru/pdf/BT136-600-NXP.pdfI'll map out the circuit in my station maybe today, does anyone know what I should change if I put that more powerful BT136 in ? Assuming the tip can handle a few more watts.
I have a variac, so I can slowely turn up the voltage to see if it works. But how is a lower rated triac biased with the resistors? For all I know they can be left the same.
What about a 125V dimmer switch for a 60 or 100W lightblub, can that be used to upgrade my cheapo station a few watts ?
Yes I could power the SS off the variac at 135V, but I'm assuming that thing gets hot just plugged in, I don't want to use it for that.