On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 4:40 AM Doug Jackson via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > 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 :-)
The element in my Weller TCP failed a couple of years ago, after 25 years on my bench and having soldered probably hundreds of thousands of joints. I bought a replacement (not _too_ expensive) and a spare to go in the tool cupboard. I then realised that if the replacements last as long as the original I will never have to buy another element, I'll be gone first! -tony
