I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Thanks for any and all replies,

tom

In , on 04/15/05
at 05:48 AM, (Tom Garneau) said:


I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Both the heater and sensor are resistive elements. You can easily test
them with an Ohmmeter.

I've never dropped one, but in my experience you have 2-3 heater
failures to each sensor failure.

It's also possible that you fractured a connection in the handle.

Disassemble the handle, and while you are in there, use an Ohmmeter to
check the elements and wiring.

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I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Both the heater and sensor are resistive elements. You can easily test
them with an Ohmmeter.

I've never dropped one, but in my experience you have 2-3 heater
failures to each sensor failure.

It's also possible that you fractured a connection in the handle.

Disassemble the handle, and while you are in there, use an Ohmmeter to
check the elements and wiring.



Thanks for the reply.

The cable and all connections seem good.
The sensor pair show 23ohms. The heater pair show 28 ohms.

Right now when I hook the iron up the station the thermostat LED won't
light and I have no power to the heater at any setting. When I
disconnect one of heater leads (or the iron as as a whole) the station
begins delivering 16.6 VAC.

What does all that tell me?

How do I remove the sensor from the heater?

thanks again,

tom

Tom Garneau wrote:

I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Both the heater and sensor are resistive elements. You can easily test
them with an Ohmmeter.

I've never dropped one, but in my experience you have 2-3 heater
failures to each sensor failure.

It's also possible that you fractured a connection in the handle.

Disassemble the handle, and while you are in there, use an Ohmmeter to
check the elements and wiring.


Thanks for the reply.

The cable and all connections seem good.
The sensor pair show 23ohms. The heater pair show 28 ohms.

Right now when I hook the iron up the station the thermostat LED won't
light and I have no power to the heater at any setting. When I
disconnect one of heater leads (or the iron as as a whole) the station
begins delivering 16.6 VAC.

What does all that tell me?

How do I remove the sensor from the heater?

thanks again,

tom

have you looked at the Weller web site and/or called their tech
support yet?

--Dale

Dale Farmer wrote:

have you looked at the Weller web site and/or called their tech
support yet?


I haven't found a website or service phone number. Only distributors.

Am I missing something obvious?

thanks,

tom

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 21:06:43 GMT, (Tom
Garneau) wrote:

Dale Farmer wrote:

have you looked at the Weller web site and/or called their tech
support yet?


I haven't found a website or service phone number. Only distributors.

Am I missing something obvious?

thanks,

tom

Weller has been a brand of Cooper Tools for Y E A R S.
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Tom Garneau wrote:

I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Both the heater and sensor are resistive elements. You can easily test
them with an Ohmmeter.

I've never dropped one, but in my experience you have 2-3 heater
failures to each sensor failure.

It's also possible that you fractured a connection in the handle.

Disassemble the handle, and while you are in there, use an Ohmmeter to
check the elements and wiring.




Thanks for the reply.

The cable and all connections seem good.
The sensor pair show 23ohms. The heater pair show 28 ohms.

Right now when I hook the iron up the station the thermostat LED won't
light and I have no power to the heater at any setting. When I
disconnect one of heater leads (or the iron as as a whole) the station
begins delivering 16.6 VAC.

What does all that tell me?

How do I remove the sensor from the heater?

thanks again,

tom
Last time i had one go bad, one of the sensors or heater showed open
circuit. I ended up buying one on ebay. You might try taking the
tip element off an putting it back together and see what happens.
You might have a intermittent connection in the cable where it flexes
and goes into the solder station. Wiggle it slowly and see if the heat
returns. You could also have a bad control board in the base unit.

If you had a buddy with a similar unit, swap parts around and see what
works and what doesn't. I have got one, but i am in Nebraska.

Bob

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Bob Urz wrote:

Tom Garneau wrote:

I just killed my soldering iron. It's a Weller 1302a on a EC1002
station. I dropped it from 4' onto it's tip.

Do you think I busted the heater, the sensor or what? How do I trouble
shoot this sucker? Parts are spendy compared to what I paid for the
unit... so I don't want to replace any more than needed.?

Both the heater and sensor are resistive elements. You can easily test
them with an Ohmmeter.

I've never dropped one, but in my experience you have 2-3 heater
failures to each sensor failure.

It's also possible that you fractured a connection in the handle.

Disassemble the handle, and while you are in there, use an Ohmmeter to
check the elements and wiring.




Thanks for the reply.

The cable and all connections seem good.
The sensor pair show 23ohms. The heater pair show 28 ohms.

Right now when I hook the iron up the station the thermostat LED won't
light and I have no power to the heater at any setting. When I
disconnect one of heater leads (or the iron as as a whole) the station
begins delivering 16.6 VAC.

What does all that tell me?

How do I remove the sensor from the heater?

thanks again,

tom
Last time i had one go bad, one of the sensors or heater showed open
circuit. I ended up buying one on ebay. You might try taking the
tip element off an putting it back together and see what happens.
You might have a intermittent connection in the cable where it flexes
and goes into the solder station. Wiggle it slowly and see if the heat
returns. You could also have a bad control board in the base unit.

If you had a buddy with a similar unit, swap parts around and see what
works and what doesn't. I have got one, but i am in Nebraska.

Bob


Thanks Bob. That's the kind of info I was looking for. I'm gonna bypass
the cord next. I still don't know how the sensor/heater comes apart,
but it looks like it might not be needed.

Thanks,

tom