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==Status==
==Status==


New element + tips have arrived, I will bring them next time I visit (but that may be a couple of weeks).
Iron has a new tip, but hot air part still not working.  


Hot air part currently not working. Needs a new element.
Now fitted with [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/good-helper/m.html?_nkw=heating+element+850+220&_sacat=0&_odkw=heating+element+850&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313 a new element].


Possibly [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/good-helper/m.html?_nkw=heating+element+850+220&_sacat=0&_odkw=heating+element+850&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313 one of these].
However, there's a further problem:


The seller claims it is (and sells a number of spares for the 852D so probably knows what he's talking about) so I've ordered one. He also sells a [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/good-helper/m.html?_nkw=kada+852d+handle&_sacat=0&_odkw=kada+852d&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313 complete hot-air handle unit] if that doesn't work out. --Artag
The hot air element apparently runs at mains potential. It's insulated from the earthed casing of the hot air gun by a glass (??) tube .. all except for the end, which tends to sit in the holes at the end of the tube.


Annoyingly, I later found [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260750664990&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT these] [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310305476387&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT two] which appear to be the same thing at a much lower price.
It MAY be possible to position the element so that it doesn't short, but there's nothing obvious stopping it. I suspect there should be a small glass or ceramic spacer at the tip to stop this, and this has been lost.
 
At present, if you connect the element, the rework station will instantly blow a 13A plug fuse. Curiously, it never seems to blow the rework station fuse and always seems to blow the fuses in 4-way blocks/plugs rather than the actual rework station plug. I have disconnected the heater INSIDE THE CONTROL BOX to avoid this happening. Do not reconnect without solving the insulation problem.
 
Suggested solutions :
 
* Try to find the missing insulator. Is it with the heater that was removed ?
* Try some substitute, such as a ring cut from a ceramic tube (eg a plug fuse)
* Attempt to buy a replacement insulator
* Buy a replacement handle
* Buy a replacement soldering station
 
 
The seller of the replacement element also sells a [http://shop.ebay.co.uk/good-helper/m.html?_nkw=kada+852d+handle&_sacat=0&_odkw=kada+852d&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313 complete hot-air handle unit] which may be required. However, I don't think it's a straight plug-in on the model we have.
 
I later found [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260750664990&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT these] [http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310305476387&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT two] which appear to be the same element at a much lower price.


==Supplies==
==Supplies==
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