Pace SX-70 tip bit the dust

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Finally clogged up solid. There anyplace in particular where people who run desolder stations buy their tips and accessories from? I was right in the middle of the Startrek G80 cap kit rebuild.
I've been using the same SX50 tip for years off and on. Wondering if I should go with the SX70 tips instead. I can buy a bag of 25 sx50 tips for the price of 5 Sx70's.
Any other pace people have any more success with the larger tips? Are they really any better?
 
The weird part was, as I was desoldering the last caps, I'd feel it through the handset, I was getting a mild prickly shock. First time that's ever happened. Thinking I need to run a brush down the bore or something. Never got shocked before while desoldering.
 
Sounds like the wires inside the handset going to the heater have cracked their insulation. You need to check that out carefully before trying to desolder any ICs. The iron runs off 28v and you don't want that running through digital logic.

I buy my parts here: http://www.gotopac.com/

The big thing to remember is that there are thin tips that you can get through Plato that won't fit in the bore of the desoldering iron unless you use a tip adapter.

You should have a set of stiff wires that are used to clean out the bore of the desoldering iron tip. They come in a holder.
 
hey thanks for the link. I ordered quite a bit more than I needed. First time I've actually spoken with a sales agent anywhere that knew anything about their product. Sherry got me all setup.
As far as the electrical shock. I have to wait for the tips to come back in before I can do any more rework, however I did take a look at the wires just under the plate that lead to the heater. Made sure they were away from the plate and seperated. And then just for giggles, while handset in hand, kicked off one of my flip-flops and touched one bare foot to concrete floor. Yow! That kind of smarted. Never been shocked like this through plastic. Is there something wrong with it or should I just not be soldering in my bare feet? :p
 
STOP!

Go to Home Depot and pick up an outlet tester. It's a small device that plugs into the 3 wire outlet and shows you if it's wired correctly.

I have a hunch that you may have the hot and neutral wires reversed on the outlet.

RJ
 
Good idea. I also noticed my chin would get a tingly shock as I'd be peering through the magnifier light. It could be a bad power strip. I'll pick one of those outlet testers up. Oh yea I'm stopped. I can't do diddly with no tips.
I'm thinking a power strip going bad because I've never gotten this before. But I don't often have my bare feet on the floor either.
 
Yeah,

It's not a fun tingle. Back in the mid 90s I was working for a small computer store and handling over 70 networks in the NE TX area when we got a call about random crashes on a new network.

It was a thin ethernet network which used BNC T connectors, cables, and terminators. When I grabbed the cable to disconnect it I got the shit shocked out of me. I pissed off the school's janitor/electrician when I told him he had an outlet miswired - he was still denying it when I showed him the 70V that my meter was reading on the shield of the coax. ONE outlet out of all the outlets in the room was miswired.

Once it was fixed the voltage on the shield of the coax went away.
 
Anyone have a part number on the Amp black plastic connector?

On my older style sx-55 it is one piece and doesn't unscrew like my sx-70 and I have one pin that won't stay in place which causes it to not heat up.
 
omg, I just spent 20 minutes on a message, posted to find it logged me out. I logged back in and it just trashed my message. Apparently your not supposed to think or refer to other documents while composing. Let that be a lesson to me.


Yeah,

It's not a fun tingle. Back in the mid 90s I was working for a small computer store and handling over 70 networks in the NE TX area when we got a call about random crashes on a new network.

It was a thin ethernet network which used BNC T connectors, cables, and terminators. When I grabbed the cable to disconnect it I got the shit shocked out of me. I pissed off the school's janitor/electrician when I told him he had an outlet miswired - he was still denying it when I showed him the 70V that my meter was reading on the shield of the coax. ONE outlet out of all the outlets in the room was miswired.

Once it was fixed the voltage on the shield of the coax went away.
 
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