Hakko Solder station
 

Can anybody give me a link to where I can buy Hakko soldering station online that can send worldwide? I need the one that can operate in 240V AC (thats my country rated current). All I could find is the one operated in 110V AC. I m particularly interested in model FX-888 (looks cool and small). Can you also suggest me a good or better one (different model or brand).

Thanks.

www.hakkorc.com
I have a hakko 936. It works great for all of my R/C soldering that I do.

You can also order from them on this link too.

Thanks, do you know if it can operate in 240V home AC current? I know in the States they are using 110V current.

Says its available in Europe and that should be the voltage you need. Maybe find thru this link -

http://www.hakko.com/english/products/hakko_fx888.html

Which country are you in?

I've just been trying to search for them in Australia... i have found them on 3 different aussie sites, but it appears they are only for sale (or listed with a price at least) on 2 of them... one of them is cheaper tho... not sure how much postage is on the 2 tho...

"RS Australia" Hakko FX-888 station - AUD$172
http://australia.rs-online.com/web/s...ko+888&x=0&y=0

"Farnell" Hakko FX-888 station - AUD$187
http://au.farnell.com/hakko/fx-888/s...888/dp/1719021

hahaha - i actually found this thread searching google for them, and was hoping there was already an answer here - i figured i should come back and post my findings, in case you hadn't found them yet, so hope it helped ya mate =)

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Here's the 3rd link btw - i couldn't figure out where to order from these blokes tho?
http://wescomponents.com/datasheets/hakko/index.htm

So are these Hakko stations good?

I'm useing an 80watt Weller. Its not a station and it takes 10 min to heat up. I think it loses heat too quick when soldering to brushless motors and gets a cold weld that falls apart later.

It also has trouble tinning the center of a wire like we used to do with the red wire on old 3 wire brushed ESC's. It tinns the ends of deans well but slicing the insulation off deans noodle and tinning the center of the wire to tap in is really hard to do.


So will this station do better? If it heats up so quickly it should maintain temp better right?





As for 240v, cant you just get a small 120-240 transformer to get it to work where your at?

I can't really tell you that man... I'm not all that tech, but it's gotta be a hell of alot better than the one I am currently using... It's a cheapo $20 iron, which surprisingly works quite well for everything I've needed, and has done for the last 8 months... The last couple inhad lasted around a year or so, but they don't get used all the time either...

As far as the transformer goes, I thought it would have been a cheap excersise too, but apprently you need to spend at least $100+ on it (so the local retail elec shops tell me - jaycar etc) but I never really bothered doing any research on it - just sourced 240v capable products, or 12-15v input, as I have a powersupply already...

Well I ended up buying an LRP soldering station, this thing is very good, and it can operate in 110v and 240v too.

The Hakko is very good. Takes maybe 45 seconds to warm up, holds it well. Thermostatically controlled, fully adjustable temperature.
Suggest getting the big wand/tip version, mines a model 936-119.

They have a good selection of wands and tips, might need a smaller tip for circuit board work, fixing a receiver wire for example. Been meaning to get a smaller one myself.

^^ +1, I've been real pleased with mine (its a 936 station). I let soldering chores pile up as much as I can and then set my Hakko station up and take are of them one after another. I use deans 12ga for building adapters and converters and I don't have probs with joints. My deans to bullets converters see a fair amount of current and have shown no indication that they can't handle even more.

Thanks. The larger tipped Hakko at amain is the one I'll probally get. I'm used to useing the big 3/8" flat tip on my 80watt Weller on small stuff so this tip should be no problem.

Just don't want another cold weld causing a wire to pop off my esc and cook my motor again.

Believe you'll be pleased, I have been with mine. I needed a heat gun, got tired of using the hair dryer, so I bought the Hakko that AMain sells. It has that same quality and performs like I've come to expect from my soldering station.

Their products are first rate, nice to see someone that cares about their quality.