Originally Posted by
Zerodefect
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?
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.