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X-Tronic XTS-8080 -- Is it safe?
wraper:
--- Quote from: SpinDoctor on October 30, 2018, 05:25:38 am ---what is there to even be convinced about? Some guy left his iron on and it started a fire, so dont leave it unattended (duh)
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It was turned off with a power switch on the front panel. It's power switch don't actually disconnect internals from mains voltage and it does not have thermal fuse in the handle. Do you unplug every device from the mains when you leave the room? As I've read, when those catch fire (it's not 1 isolated incident), triac often is not even at fault. Just MCU glitch.
wraper:
--- Quote from: SpinDoctor on October 30, 2018, 05:25:38 am ---Just because something isnt a name brand doesn't make it garbage
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It would be okayish if it did cost half of it's price.
wraper:
I found what it actually was before being rebranded (by marking on the PCB I've seen on your photos). WEP 853D, the cheapest brand which have melted on Dave's desk. Changed front panel color, knobs and used blue indicators to make it look a bit different. But it's still the same unit with the same internals. As I've said, it would be somewhat okayish if it did cost half of it's price which it actually does. https://www.ebay.com/itm/853D-3-in1-Soldering-Rework-Station-5A-SMD-Solder-Iron-Hot-Air-Gun-4-Nozzle-220v/163115420701?epid=2076320807&hash=item25fa6fcc1d:g:zjsAAOSwcLxYM91j
https://youtu.be/RCfVBDzxewI
westfw:
--- Quote --- no-one has ever looked at the insides of this model
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It's a piece of equipment. One normally doesn't open them up an look at the insides until AFTER there are infamous failures :-( I had a Weller that I paid about $70 bucks for (1980 dollars, so about $200 of today's $$) I didn't take it apart until a couple years ago when it finally failed. All IT had inside was a tranformer! (OTOH, Weller was a trusted name, and "just a transformer" means less to fail.)
In general, I think "lab equipment" like this has less motivation for the vendors to "cut corners" than a really high-volume piece of consumer gear (like a phone charger or a hoverboard, to mention two items that have been pretty famous for having many unsafe version floating around...)
--- Quote ---It would be okayish if it did cost half of it's price.
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If we're arguing about safety, the "cost" isn't particularly relevant, right?I paid about $100 each for a temperature-controlled soldering iron, a hot air unit, and a lab power supply, (none of them really high-end gear) so assuming that the Xytronics basically works (iron is actually temp-controlled, power supply is actually vaguely stable, etc (which are pretty easy things, given the state of electronics, as long as it's not a fraud)) then it doesn't seem that highly priced to me. "Wraper" must have some good sources! (without arguing the flaws of having it all built into one unit.)
wraper:
--- Quote from: westfw on October 30, 2018, 07:38:14 am ---If we're arguing about safety, the "cost" isn't particularly relevant, right?
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Well, if you know you bought it cheaply from China, you'd at least might be concerned about it's quality and not keep it connected to mains voltage when you are away. I don't think there is a high chance it will burn or electrocute but I would think twice keeping this thing on my desk.
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