Can someone recommend a good desoldering station for $400?
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
This is what I use and it works pretty good, the $150 price tag was nice too.
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
Which one is better?
Weller WDD81X or Hakko FM204-01Comment
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
those are actually around $500-600
but if I were to voice my opinion on which one, I would say the hakko. However let others chime in on this before you chooseCap Datasheet Depot: http://www.paullinebarger.net/DS/
^If you have datasheets not listed PM meComment
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
How about the link below
http://www.amazon.com/Hakko-Desolder...ko+desolderingComment
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
The 808 is good.
If you buy it from Amazon, click on that "6 new" or whatever, and see what sellers are there... get a seller with good reputation.
By default, i see a "ness electronics" with only 59 ratings, while there's a second seller with the same price "Test Equipment Depot" with 10k + sales.
There's also a US seller on eBay which huge sale history and he also sells a large selection of Hakko :
http://stores.ebay.com/NEI-Lamps-and...&_stpos=&gbr=1
Test Equipment Depot also has an eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/TestEquipment...&_stpos=&gbr=1
That Circuit Specialist station is desoldering AND soldering ... two in one. The 808 is just desoldering. Looks like a great deal for the price, but someone may prefer the Hakko due to its reputation.Comment
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Re: Desolderign Station for $400
I have the circuit specialist station. It is a step up from braid and pumps. I would say its middle of the road. For the price it can't be beat but if you want top notch get a hakko.Comment
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Hi everyone!
Three years ago I got a ZD-915 desoldering station which failed just after a few months of light use. During a short desoldering session, the station simply shut down, and since then it has been completely dead and unresponsive. The failure was silent, without any pops.
Due to a lack of time, I set it aside and didn't look at it.
Yesterday, I took it apart and did some basic measurements. The 18v terminal shows 0v. In addition, there is no visible damage to the board itself.
According to replies in 18VDC PSU has dropped to... -
I have been working on this concept for quite some time now with limited success but recently I found a switching power supply that is setup for the voltage that this soldering station needs to operate at however it also needs part of the secondary circuit from the original switching power because you need several voltage rails
I once tried to get a ZD-915 desoldering station to work on a 18 volt battery power supply but unfortunately things did not go well but I did find a work around but I might try this idea again but going at a little differently more about this another time... -
Hello all,
I tried to power on my desoldering station ZD915 today and altough the LCD has power and it's on I don't have any indications on the screen and the gun is not heating at all.
I open it up and I don't see any visual fault anywhere.
Does anyone has any clue what should I check? -
Long on my mind is idea weather or not to buy BGA station...The thing is i repair mostly laptop and some desktop motherboard as a hobby...I never worked on big chips with bga station..all i use is a heat gun and soldering iron..so if i find that maybe some smaller chip or mosfet or capacitor is fallen i try to fix it/replace it...but if i found it is gpu, cpu...i dont because obveusly i dont have that equipment.
So, in short now i have this opportunity to buy bga station from the title for really good price...
What bothers me is this station good for the starter? i know it is infrared... -
I have wanting to do this project for quite sometime now and I finally found a switching power supply that will work on this desoldering gun station ZD-915 that the original switching power supply took a shit and just was not worth trying to fix it because this switching power is not quite big enough to handle the heater element and the vacuum pump
One note when I tested the switching power supply and the voltage control board I noticed that this desoldering gun heat up much faster than the original switching power supply which I was really surprised by to the point that I might buy...
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