Soldering iron on electronics bench not working

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The digital temperature-controlled soldering iron on the electronics bench seems to have given up the ghost. The tip doesn’t get hot and the screen just displays “5-E” as the “real” temperature no matter what value you select for “set”. Presumably 5-E is an error code.

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I believe this is the second of two of this model that we have had which has gone wrong? We should really try and get a set of reliable irons as a matter of urgency, as it seems that we are currently unable to do any soldering, which the whole activity of electronics really hinges on.

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I agree we should get better ones, but I think you’ve overlooked the probability that this one is the same as the first broken one.

FYI: The other one is on the table above at the back, give it a go, and I will ask @tomnewsom to buy us a couple of new irons.

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Yes, you are right. The good iron had been packed away and the bad iron was out on the desk.

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Regardless I’ve asked the Directors to order a new and better iron.

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The order is being made as we speak :slight_smile:

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Thanks