[david correia]

I took out my old Weller tc202 and found that the tc201 was not seating
properly into the base unit. It seems the 201 now has just 2 metal pins
sticking out - shouldn't there be 3?

If I hold it in place it does heat up but I don't think it's getting as
hot as it should.

I'm a crappy solderer and only do it on when I have to. How do I get
this setup happy again cheap?

(I don't do a helluva lot of soldering, I let a tech do most of my
repair work.)

Does Weller or some 3rd party do reasonable repairs? Thanks.



David Correia
www.Celebrationsound.com

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"david correia" wrote in message
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I took out my old Weller tc202 and found that the tc201 was not seating
properly into the base unit. It seems the 201 now has just 2 metal pins
sticking out - shouldn't there be 3?

If I hold it in place it does heat up but I don't think it's getting as
hot as it should.

I'm a crappy solderer and only do it on when I have to. How do I get
this setup happy again cheap?

(I don't do a helluva lot of soldering, I let a tech do most of my
repair work.)

Does Weller or some 3rd party do reasonable repairs? Thanks.



David Correia
www.Celebrationsound.com


I'm sure it's not worth the effort, just replace it.

[Scott Dorsey]

david correia wrote:
I took out my old Weller tc202 and found that the tc201 was not seating
properly into the base unit. It seems the 201 now has just 2 metal pins
sticking out - shouldn't there be 3?

If I hold it in place it does heat up but I don't think it's getting as
hot as it should.

I'm a crappy solderer and only do it on when I have to. How do I get
this setup happy again cheap?

(I don't do a helluva lot of soldering, I let a tech do most of my
repair work.)

Does Weller or some 3rd party do reasonable repairs? Thanks.

Send it to Weller.

Those things have a switch with a material that becomes nonmagnetic at the
appropriate temperature... a magnet holds the switch closed and it opens
at the right temperature.

If the pin is broken off, you can probably replace it yourself; Weller will
probably replace the whole iron but you'll be able to keep the tip and the
supply box.

I forget if the thing has two pins or three pins (ie. if the switch is
directly in series with the element). The switches do fail also.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."