Posted by Chris on February 10, 2003 at 20:41:53:
Hi Angel, Here's the scoop....The iron is brand new eccept for a few uses at class and it was fine on those projects. So is the temp control. I've tried the iron in every outlet in the basement and it's not working right. As for turning it higher I have no problem with that. I have done so. When I notice it dragging I turn it up until I get a smoother run but, then I get black marks, yellow marks, solder running through to other side and a cruddy burnt iron. The iron is obviously too hot. The way it happens is it's as though the iron just stops and cools down and then goes back up to hot again. I tried my old iron and the same thing happened. I think it has something to do with the electricity. But what do I do about that?