Weller WTCP - recommended?

[fluffy]

Hiya. I'm new to electronics, but I would really love to get into it. I want to buy a soldering station, and after reading this FAQ on the forum, and this advice from the completely awesome Lady Ada, I'm pretty convinced that Weller is the way to go. There is a Weller WTCP for sale cheap in my local newspaper, which is important since I'm a stereotypical starving student. The forum FAQ recommends 60W, Lady Ada recommends 40W, so I kind of figured this 50W one was a happy medium.

Could anyone recommend if this is a good choice? I want to use it to replace bad capacitors on motherboards and monitors, but also to do some general electronics projects with an arduino microcontroller.

[MXM]

Re: Weller WTCP - recommended?

i got that one and if the temp on the room is ok it works fine, my problem comes with the temp of this place which is always low since there are racks in here and a lady in her change. Some members expressed that temp control is not really neccesary good nor needed so, u could also look for other options not involving temp reg.

But yes, i'd recommend it.

peace

[stj]

Re: Weller WTCP - recommended?

TCP aka MagnaStat should be in a museum.

fix your profile so we know where you are.

[smason]

Re: Weller WTCP - recommended?

TCP aka MagnaStat should be in a museum.

fix your profile so we know where you are.

I bought mine in 1978 , still working great! Yes that means I'm almost as old as PlainBill!

[fluffy]

Re: Weller WTCP - recommended?

Sorry for coming back so late to say this (job interview on the other side of the country and all), but I want to thank you all for your input. It looks like it's a good product even if it's old, so I'm buying it.

fix your profile so we know where you are.

I usually don't take orders without a previously agreed upon safe word, but okay just this once.