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MAINTENANCE
SOLDERING TIP PREPARATION & CARE
1. Keep the soldering tip properly tinned. Always use solder with
sufficient rosin flux or the tip will degrade. A well tinned tip will be
bright all over when hot, with no dull or discolored spots.
2. To tin the iron, do the following:
3. Plug in the iron and allow it to reach solder melt temperature.
4. Flood the tip with solder and let it stand for one minute.
5. Apply more solder to the tip, allow it to idle for one or two more
minutes, wipe it lightly on the sponge. Do not remove all of the
solder, but use the sponge to remove excess solder and wipe
solder onto non-tinned areas.
6. Do not file or attempt to reshape the tip. This will destroy the
plating and shorten tip life. Do not use chloride and acid fluxes;
they will also shorten tip and heater life.
7. For maximum tip life, always apply solder to the heated
connections or joints. Repeated application of solder directly to the
tip will shorten the tip life.
WARNING: Do NOT use anti-seize or any other lubricant on the tip
retainer or heater of the soldering iron.
REPLACING SOLDERING IRON TIP
1. Turn off the soldering station, unplug the power cord from the
power source and allow the soldering iron to cool down to room
temperature.
Never attempt to remove the tip while the iron is
hot.
2. Unscrew the larger metal tip retaining screw ring at the bottom of
the soldering irons metal shaft. Slide off or remove the soldering tip
retaining collar. Now, remove the tip by sliding it forward.
3. Slide a new tip over the exposed ceramic heating element, slide
the metal retaining collar over the new soldering tip back onto the
soldering iron.
4. Tighten the metal tip retaining screw ring to snug the tip into place.
Do not over tighten the tip retaining screw
5. Plug the soldering iron AC cord into a grounded outlet to resume
soldering.
