Hi Guys,
I'm new here and quite an illeterate when it comes to electronics.
The extent of my knowledge is that I can solder a component or wire.
Having said the above, I'm wondering it someone can help.
I purchased a soldering station for soldering connectors to lipo batteries for rc helis. Recently I needed to change the tip, which I did, but after which the station shorted out. The soldering station is a Duratech TS-1564 available from Jaycar in australia.
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...SUBCATID=953#1
Rather than purchase a new soldering station, I thought it might be worth trying to fix the faulty one.
One opening the unit I found a number of resistors that were faulty.
I took the board back to Jaycar, where they were able to provide me with replacement resistors. After soldering the resistors on the board, I turned the unit on with a replacement pen and one of the large resistors started to smoke again.
I am assuming that something else is damaged, but I'm not sure on how to proceed.
Any help would be appreciated
I'm new here and quite an illeterate when it comes to electronics.
The extent of my knowledge is that I can solder a component or wire.
Having said the above, I'm wondering it someone can help.
I purchased a soldering station for soldering connectors to lipo batteries for rc helis. Recently I needed to change the tip, which I did, but after which the station shorted out. The soldering station is a Duratech TS-1564 available from Jaycar in australia.
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView...SUBCATID=953#1
Rather than purchase a new soldering station, I thought it might be worth trying to fix the faulty one.
One opening the unit I found a number of resistors that were faulty.
I took the board back to Jaycar, where they were able to provide me with replacement resistors. After soldering the resistors on the board, I turned the unit on with a replacement pen and one of the large resistors started to smoke again.
I am assuming that something else is damaged, but I'm not sure on how to proceed.
Any help would be appreciated
