Posted by Angel on February 11, 2003 at 10:17:33:
In Reply to: temperature posted by Chris on February 10, 2003 at 20:41:53:
Chris, trying different outlets in the basement won't rule out the problem that maybe they're ALL on the same circuit. Do you have electrical appliances down there like an old refrigerator, washer, dryer, the furnace (even a gas furnace uses an electrical blower)? It's possible that when one of those kicks in, your Iron loses some of the power needed to maintain temp. If you and the Hakko are down there all alone...I don't know what else it is. You might find an electrician to come and check out the circuitry.
DO tighten that ring holding it together. I've known a lot of people who got new Hakkos that had a loose nut. It tends to work loose on some Irons and needs to be tweaked occasionally anyway.
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: 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?