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[Marks DTM Calib]

Indeed.....and you cna run the irons off a car battery at reduced output.

[sexydaz]

Weller @ £45 is a tad more than i was planning to spend, i think something like that far beyond my skill level, think that £15 from Maplins should do the job, only going to be joining a few wires

get some of yer money spent tightwad

[iggy21uk]

Weller @ £45 is a tad more than i was planning to spend, i think something like that far beyond my skill level, think that £15 from Maplins should do the job, only going to be joining a few wires

Plus £13.00 postage if you win.

But a good iron

[Ken T]

I sold an 8 year old TCP Weller not long ago, it went for £50. Weller irons do last a long time.

Ken

[Pitchfork]

I have one of these, nightmare!!!!, stick with mains and get a Weller

Agreed. Long in the tooth now but every time I see a Weller TCP at a junk sale I snap it up. Wonderful irons if you use one heavily.

Kevin

Yup, certainly second that, I'm on original element & have only ever had to replace the bit a few times

[feeutfo]

noted, missed the lidl effort last week.

[Jukeboxnut]

I have an old Weller that is at least 25 years old and it is fabulous, been thrashed for most of of it's life and still works perfectly (an ex company one that was in continual use for at least 10 years before I got it)

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have about 4 life times worth of bits for them....which were errrr.....'found'

[zirk]

Totally agree on the Weller thing, having said that I do have an old RS Plastic Gas solder iron in the tool box, been with me for about 20 years now, still going strong, not sure if I'ld want to rewire a Bike with it though.

As with all irons and their tips though, dont forget to use them with a wet sponge, tips will maintain there shape and last a lot longer. 

[tunnie]

Totally agree on the Weller thing, having said that I do have an old RS Plastic Gas solder iron in the tool box, been with me for about 20 years now, still going strong, not sure if I'ld want rewire a Bike with it though.

As with all irons and their tips though, dont forget to use them with a wet sponge, tips will maintain there shape and last a lot longer. 

Nothing so drastic, just making an aux power lead to run from the ciggy connection under the seat to my tank bag 

[zirk]

Totally agree on the Weller thing, having said that I do have an old RS Plastic Gas solder iron in the tool box, been with me for about 20 years now, still going strong, not sure if I'ld want rewire a Bike with it though.

As with all irons and their tips though, dont forget to use them with a wet sponge, tips will maintain there shape and last a lot longer. 

Nothing so drastic, just making an aux power lead to run from the ciggy connection under the seat to my tank bag 

Probably work fine then Tunnie, as said before no subsitute for a Weller but a handy addition to the tool box, use my RS gas one a least once a week, mainly RF Connecters, still has the original Tip.

Have bought a few Gas ones since then (different models) but didn't last 5 mins. So my old fav orange one comes highly recommended. 

[Pitchfork]

Spoke too soon
The element in my Weller TCP3 has just failed after 30+ years
Anybody got a spare element??

[Sir Popple]

Sorry no but i am sure you can get them from RS
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=retrieveTfg&binCount=229&Ne=4294957561&Ntt=weller&Ntk=I18NAll&Nr=AND%28avl%3auk%2csearchDiscon_uk%3aN%29&Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&N=4294953972&Nty=1