| ??? 09/21/06 17:35 Read: times |
#124820 - light dimmer vs. regulator Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Andy PetersBut that's not a regulator. The point of a regulator is to keep the tip at a constant temperature, regardless of load.
[/quote said: I agree completely. You're not going to ADD a temperature regulator to a soldering iron unless you come up with some means of attaching a temperature sensor near the tip. Then your control circuit can use the SCR/Triac to control the temp. In my case I had an old 60W iron. It had enough thermal mass to it that a few quick solder joints wouldn't cool it down significantly, and the dimmer allowed me to keep it from getting so hot it burned out tips. I have a commercially made soldering iron "regulator" that is basically a light dimmer and outlet mounted in a box. Sure a Metcal soldering station is the way to go. But sometimes our budgets don't allow that... Dennis |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| Soldering Iron Temp regulator | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Buy it instead | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| light dimmer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re: light dimmer | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| light dimmer vs. regulator | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re soldering | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
Gee ... I use an old Weller that I got in '79 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| That is a TRIAC | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Try the web | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I found it..... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Magnum 2004 | 01/01/70 00:00 |