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| wasyoungonce:
Yep even earlier The Adcola were virtually early Royals I did the NASA Standards HRHS mid79 with a cassette player that had a stuck tape of Bob Marley! 5 or so weeks of the same tape. Kill me now! Hardest part of my Royels was getting de-soldering irons and parts. I think I have 3 and one that can be put together. |
| RayRay:
--- Quote from: Autronic on August 07, 2024, 01:15:46 pm ---As far as outweigh is concerned, are the C245 or T12 transformer based or switch mode? --- End quote --- Switch mode, but that part is irrelevant (although, I can't be sure if you were making a weight related pun or if it was a legit question) Regardless, while transformers have certain advantages over SMPS's, one has to consider the application for which they are used for. For an audio amplifier for instance, of course a transformer would be preferable. But for a soldering station it genuinely makes no difference whether it's powered up by a SMPS or Transformer --- Quote from: ebastler on August 07, 2024, 04:45:16 pm --- --- Quote from: RayRay on August 07, 2024, 12:26:50 pm ---[...] it's of course your right to keep on using such an outdated station if you insist. Have a nice day. --- End quote --- Yeah, those modern soldering stations produce much more modern heat! Measured in Joule rather than calories, ya know. I'm not even sure whether modern solder will melt when confronted with that outdated heat from the OP's station... ::) --- End quote --- Funny, but it's not just about the basics of melting solder! Modern stations have many advantages, such as higher power/thermal capacity, AIO tips (tips that have the heating element+temp sensor integrated) unlike separates in the old ones, and they also have thinner, less bulkly handles with less distance from the tip to the handle (which helps a lot with SMD components), plus have a much wider variety of available tips. |
| wasyoungonce:
Have to correct there. The Royel has heater and sensor connected together mere mm apart. I know I unwound one. Some nichrome wire with small weld tab then off the heater feedback while heat and return go indifferent lines and gnd is also included on outer sheath. They were first MilStd soldering stations. Even in USA Are they still good. Hell yes. But not aimed at mass SMD work era where the solder (metal glue) needs high temp. Sure they can do this but it’s just more difficult. Also needed drag solder tips to do QFN144 and other SMD ICs. These ICs were after Royel era So needed a Hakko 936 and drag tips. But it’s vac station, ….still the worlds best IMHO Made to vac desolder all day long! Ok Royel had been superseded but come back in 40 years and ask me if my cheap T12 stations still work! Thats so how old some Royel are and they will work for another 40+ yrs no problem. They still are very useable but for all the varied work I do I can no longer continue with them. Except the vac station. No idea how to replace that |
| Autronic:
Yeah ebastler, Joule, it sounds like a girl's name. Tho calorie does rhyme with Mallory so who knows?. All this modernity, it drives me insane in the membrane, insane in the brain. |
| Autronic:
[/quote] Funny, but it's not just about the basics of melting solder! Modern stations have many advantages, such as higher power/thermal capacity, AIO tips (tips that have the heating element+temp sensor integrated) unlike separates in the old ones, and they also have thinner, less bulkly handles with less distance from the tip to the handle (which helps a lot with SMD components), plus have a much wider variety of available tips. [/quote] Do you imply funny as in humorous, or funny as in peculiar? |
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