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  • caphair
    Badcaps Legend
    • Nov 2011
    • 1249
    #1

    Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

    I have a Chinese knock off soldering iron that I've been using for three years.

    Suddenly the soldering iron stopped getting hot. The digital read out increases with knob turning but it always displays 006c

    It's an 852d+ station. Couldn't find anything online for testing heating element so I did an ohm test across what I believe to be the sensor and input lines.
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 31131
      • Albion
      #2
      Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

      heat the tip with alighter or something and see if the readout changes.
      chances are, the cable is bad - because your meter readings look like it's probably o.k.

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        • caphair
          Badcaps Legend
          • Nov 2011
          • 1249
          #3
          Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

          I applied some current to the + and - terminals. The ceramic got hot and the reading on the other terminals changed.

          I hope it's the wiring and not something inside the system

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            • redwire
              Badcaps Legend
              • Dec 2010
              • 3912
              • Canada
              #4
              Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

              Did you really measure 2.1MEGohm across the temperature sensor? or milliohms?
              I would suspect an bad temp sensor if it's that high and display is saying 6°C for a temperature?
              Some info on 852D+ on Russian websites but no "006c" message

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                • caphair
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Nov 2011
                  • 1249
                  #5
                  Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

                  Originally posted by redwire
                  Did you really measure 2.1MEGohm across the temperature sensor? or milliohms?
                  I would suspect an bad temp sensor if it's that high and display is saying 6°C for a temperature?
                  Some info on 852D+ on Russian websites but no "006c" message
                  It was Megohms
                  Last edited by caphair; 12-22-2016, 07:07 AM.

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                    • vinceroger69
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                      • Mar 2012
                      • 6714
                      • uk
                      #6
                      Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyf03jqZS6U

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                        • caphair
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Nov 2011
                          • 1249
                          #7
                          Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

                          It was the heating element. Installed a replacement.

                          Question: Is there any need to recalibrate the station when a new heating element is installed or?

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                            • stj
                              Great Sage 齊天大聖
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 31131
                              • Albion
                              #8
                              Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

                              they probably arent calibrated to begin with.

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                                • and555
                                  Member
                                  • Apr 2016
                                  • 36
                                  • Indonesia
                                  #9
                                  Re: Is my soldering iron heating element bad?

                                  Originally posted by caphair
                                  It was the heating element. Installed a replacement.

                                  Question: Is there any need to recalibrate the station when a new heating element is installed or?
                                  Not need to recalibrate.

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