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DEADLY WIRING FAULT ; Atten 858D+ Hot Air Rework Station
Frenchie:
Finally got around to buying one of these in the 220V version. Mains wiring was surprisingly good compared to some of the examples seen here. I wasn't real impressed with the strain relief in the handle, nothing a bit of hot snot can't address though.
Koubik:
Hi everyone! just want to share my experience. I received my ATTEN 858D+ 4 days ago, everything was working great for the first 3-4 times but today when I've turned it on I saw the temp screen numbers going crazy, but it was under 100C only above 100 it was showing good. Then I spotted that temp was raising way to slow, 3 minutes to go to 350C and only to 370-380 not more, sometimes only to 280. So I opened a nozzle to check if there was any problem, redid all the joints but nothing. Then I unscrewed the mainboard to check the joints there and guess what...it worked, only by unscrewing it. There is one very bad big join so I hope this was a problem. Sorry for my English folks. ::)
saturation:
If this worked check for a cold or broken joint still around, the unflexing of the mobo caused the poor connect to close.
--- Quote from: Koubik on October 01, 2013, 06:31:53 pm ---Hi everyone! just want to share my experience. I received my ATTEN 858D+ 4 days ago, everything was working great for the first 3-4 times but today when I've turned it on I saw the temp screen numbers going crazy, but it was under 100C only above 100 it was showing good. Then I spotted that temp was raising way to slow, 3 minutes to go to 350C and only to 370-380 not more, sometimes only to 280. So I opened a nozzle to check if there was any problem, redid all the joints but nothing. Then I unscrewed the mainboard to check the joints there and guess what...it worked, only by unscrewing it. There is one very bad big join so I hope this was a problem. Sorry for my English folks. ::)
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Molybdo42:
I also bought this station and I am kind of not reassured :
- high and low voltage wires are systematically zip-tied together
- no ground connection to chassis and paint everywhere
- dodgy ground connection on the heater
- heater is powered by the mains
- thin wires used to carry the 230V to the heater in close proximity to low voltage wires
Made in China...
Monkeh:
So would you rather they power the heater with 24V and have a gigantic thick cable?
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