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Learn more. Report comment. A small fan pointed in the right direction takes care of the problem. I use a old fan from a broken PC power supply. Part of the original case is used as a stand. It even goes out of its way to loop up before going down to meet the vacuum hose. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Sign up to join this community.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. New soldering iron smokes from inside the handle not from tip - is this a problem? Ask Question. Asked 5 years, 3 months ago. Active 3 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 8k times. After 30 seconds on, there's a lot of smoke pouring out, like a candle that's just been extinguished. I've turned it off and on and this still happens There's no smoke from the tip, and a very small amount from where the tip attaches to the shaft The tip doesn't get hot enough to melt solder after being on for a little over a minute.
I haven't tried leaving it on for longer than that because the amount of smoke from inside the handle seems to just keep increasing. The handle doesn't seem to get noticeably hot in this time I bought it in a V country UK and am using it in a V country. Just found in the paperwork: The first time you use the soldering iron, it may smoke slightly and there may be a smell of burning as the heating element dries out.
This is normal and should only last a short while Much easier to put out and less risks to start with. BTW what is the reason of buying overpriced Chinese crap from Maplin. Add a comment. The iron has been perfectly serviceable ever since. Now, I haven't seen your iron, so I can't say for sure whether it's the same. Can you safely leave it somewhere for the smoke to die away? Somewhere fireproof, just in case. Skip to content soldering I've started using a brand new soldering iron for the first time and it's not working as expected: After about 10 seconds of power, smoke starts coming out from inside the handle, next to the metal shaft.
After 30 seconds on, there's a lot of smoke pouring out, like a candle that's just been extinguished. I've turned it off and on and this still happens There's no smoke from the tip, and a very small amount from where the tip attaches to the shaft The tip doesn't get hot enough to melt solder after being on for a little over a minute. I haven't tried leaving it on for longer than that because the amount of smoke from inside the handle seems to just keep increasing.
I had one fall off the kitchen table. Unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to grab it. Fortunately the tip bent when it hit the floor. Thus I invented the bent conical tip. The best invention since flux. Apparently I wasn't the first though. The bent tip was around a few years or more, but it took this for me to figure out why I would want one.
I guess most inventions were accidental. Wasn't Newton sitting under an apple tree reading the Sunday Times when he invented gravity? It looks like your iron is too cool or small. It's a temptation to get a tiny 15w iron for soldering ICs. Go for more like 50w. A temperature controlled iron is SUCH an improvement you won't believe.
If I lived on Droop St. Well, I don't know about that. I think a lot of hardware stores have them. The biggest annoyance, as I remember, is the tips needed replacing often. I attribute that to the tip getting way to hot when it is sitting in the holder. Many years ago, when there weren't controlled temp. You put a switch in the AC with a diode across it, so with the switch one way, the current only flowed half the time.
When you put the iron in the holder you would switch to half power. I did that. I still use that power strip with a switch and a neon light on the end. It controlled the last outlet on the strip. I now have one of those child proof plastic plugs in that outlet. I didn't always though. I once absent mindedly plugged in a little lead acid battery charger for a little lead acid battery in that outlet.
The transformer in the charger didn't like it one bit. Skip to main content. Log in or register to post comments. Go To Last Post. Writz Matz. Level: Hangaround. Posts: View posts. Posted by Writz Matz : Thu. Mar 3, - AM. Fivestar widget 1 2 3 4 5. This topic has a solution. Jump to the solution. Tags: Learning and Information , General Electronics , solved.
Last Edited: Thu. Level: Raving Lunatic. This reply has been marked as the solution. Posted by meslomp : Thu. You say the iron is brand new I guess that it is just a bit of residual oil or coating that is now being burned. Does it smell like oily? Log in or register to post comments Top. Posted by JohanEkdahl : Thu. For a brand new soldering iron this is normal. If it keeps on smoking then something is wrong. Since this illustrates your possible noobiness to soldering, here are some point beginning soldering: Iron should heat the parts to join.
JohanEkdahl wrote: For a brand new soldering iron this is normal. Posted by Kartman : Thu. Posted by Torby : Thu. Mar 3, - PM. Soldering is an art, but you'll catch on quickly. Been doing it since age 8.
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