Equipment/ReworkStation
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KADA 852D rework station
Status
9th May 2011
- Iron has a new tip and hot air is now working.
- Fitted with a new element.
- The earth lead had become detached from the nozzle. This was spot welded and thus could not be soldered. It has been riveted instead.
- The element was moved further into the nozzle and secured with the internal plastic spacer (this holds the wire and is not near the element). Consequently the element doesn't arc now.
The seller of the replacement element also sells a 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 these two which appear to be the same element at a much lower price.
Supplies
It appears that Kada don't sell tips, you are supposed to use Hakko tips.