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Operation
After the power plug and the soldering iron have been plugged in
and the soldering iron has been placed in the stand, turn on the
soldering station with the ON/OFF switch (5).
In the display (1) you can see the current temperature in the upper
line and the preselected temperature in the lower line. The prese-
lected temperature can be set with the buttons
“200° C”, “300° C”,
“400° C” and “UP, Down”. To change the scale from °C to °F or vice
versa, press the “°C/°F” button (6). The scale in the display changes
accordingly.
After you have pressed e.g. the “300° C” button, the selected
temperature is displayed as “SET 300° C” and the upper value to the
right of “Temp.” climbs to 300° C. Meanwhile, at the right of the
display
“HEAT ON” and “WAIT” will be displayed until the set tem-
perature has been reached.
“WAIT” appears in the display while the temperature of the soldering
iron is increased or lowered. Temperature shifts of around 10°C
around the set value are normal.
With the “+ UP” and “DOWN –” button (7) you can set the tempera-
ture with a resolution of 1° C or 2° F. To do so, briefly press the
respective button. The set temperature will increase or decrease by
1° C respectively 2° F. If you hold the button, the display will change
in steps of 10° C / 18° F. When the desired value is reached, just
release the button.
Select the right temperature for every job to avoid cold soldering
joints or damaging delicate components or burning flux with exces-
sive heat. Burnt flux will cause weak joints.
In electronic circuitry
solder with a colophony flux core is used.
This is because colophony is not a conductor and can not cause a
short-out on the circuit board. Suitable solder can be ordered from
under the article number 46 01 13 (100 g spool with 1 mm
diameter) and additional colophony under the article number 88 53 68.
In electrics and electronics
solder without a flux core and separate
flux is used for less delicate work. Because flux can cause short-outs,
residual flux must be cleaned off with a cloth or a brush and alcohol.
Otherwise, the flux might cause a short-out.
