Aoyue Int2703A+ 220V to 110V

[u666sa]

I'm moving from one country to another country. This station served me well since 2014. Back in the day they used to have transformers sold right on official Aoyue website, you want 220V you could get it, you want 110V, you could get it. Nowadays, I contacted them, they don't carry transformers, but they could sell you a 110V station no problem. So I'm doing some research, in particular, do I want to take it with me and stick to WQ tips (T2 and WQ are kinda outdated these days in terms of size, also hot air is kinda outdated). Size wise, if transformer is taken out, it is light enough to be luggaged. So several questions.

1. To change from 220V to 110V is it just transformer swap or would I also need the board?
2. Where to get 110V transformer?
3. I look at eBay, and no bueno finding a cheap used or broken station. Perhaps there are other places to search?

Station is outdated, but good and usable, and if I don't take it with me, I just leave it with me, or sell it maybe for 50 bucks, which is a shame.

[tooki]

The problem here is that swapping the transformer alone won’t make it work: the heating element in the hot air handpiece is mains-powered and would have to be swapped out, too.

Why not just run it on a good-size step-up transformer?

[thm_w]

Sell it locally if you have budget.
Newer stations are way better than these.