for me, the item that usually fails in the WTCP series is the switch at the end of the sensor.
I have replaced the sensors each time, because dammit - My 40 year old iron sometimes just needs a new cord, or a new heater, or a new tip, or a new sensor. Best iron I have ever had :-) Kindest regards, Doug Jackson em: d...@doughq.com ph: 0414 986878 Check out my awesome clocks at www.dougswordclocks.com Follow my amateur radio adventures at vk1zdj.net ----------------------------------------------------------- Just like an old fashioned letter, this email and any files transmitted with it should probably be treated as confidential and intended solely for your own use. Please note that any interesting spelling is usually my own and may have been caused by fat thumbs on a tiny tiny keyboard - for this I apologise in advance - It's ok bec**** we don* nee* accu**** tex* to unde****** actu** mean***. Should any part of this message prove to be useful in the event of the imminent Zombie Apocalypse then the sender bears no personal, legal, or moral responsibility for any outcome resulting from its usage unless the result of said usage is the unlikely defeat of the Zombie Hordes in which case the sender takes full credit without any theoretical or actual legal liability. :-) Be nice to your parents. Go outside and do something awesome - Draw, paint, walk, Setup a radio station, go fishing or sailing - just do something that makes you happy. On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 11:14 AM Pete Turnbull via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 06/04/2020 00:22, Jon Elson wrote: > > On 04/05/2020 03:32 PM, Pete Turnbull via cctalk wrote: > >> A few hours ago I started looking at three "smart" light switches that > >> need LEDs replaced, and switched on the soldering iron, and ... nope. > >> It's a Weller WP80 and it seems the sensor in the heating element has > >> died. > > > Is the sensor a separate component? > > Sadly, no. That's the first thing I thought of. The heater and sensor > are integral with the stainless steel shaft and I can't see any way to > get them out without destroying the shaft. > > -- > Pete > Pete Turnbull >
