mulletchuck
Well-known member
Today, Jeff's 51x kits showed up!! looking AWESOME and weighing in at a hefty 51 lbs!! Christmas in October!!
I started working on the racks right away and will post some pics soon, cuz i've got a lot to build:
2 51x PSUs
2 51x Racks
2 ez1073-500s
2 IJR-F76's (haven't arrived yet)
1 SB4001
1 VP26
1 VP312DI
1 VP528+
Unfortunately
my iron decided to quit on me after about 2 hours. :-( First time i'd used it, got it a week ago from Amazon. Weller WESD51. It's funny, i found this article on how those devices conk out: http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/wesd51-blinking-888/ I thought they'd be good soldering irons.
So, needless to say, my build is slightly delayed until I can get a hold of a replacement iron. I ordered a Hakko FX-888, thanks to jeff's recommendation, which should be here in a few days.
Thanks to JSteiger, Chunger, Robbie, Igor, and ruckus328, all of whom i've been chatting(more than likely annoying) with over facebook/AIM for the past few months about this project!
I started working on the racks right away and will post some pics soon, cuz i've got a lot to build:
2 51x PSUs
2 51x Racks
2 ez1073-500s
2 IJR-F76's (haven't arrived yet)
1 SB4001
1 VP26
1 VP312DI
1 VP528+
Unfortunately
my iron decided to quit on me after about 2 hours. :-( First time i'd used it, got it a week ago from Amazon. Weller WESD51. It's funny, i found this article on how those devices conk out: http://linuxfocus.org/~guido/wesd51-blinking-888/ I thought they'd be good soldering irons.
Inside the station is a small circuit board with a PIC microcontroller a display and other components. In lower right corner is a 33uF/35V electrolytic capacitor and a diode which is used to provided a DC voltage to the microcontroller. This capacitor is too small. The value of all electrolytic capacitors drops a little bit as they age. The microcontroller gets then a too high AC component on top of the DC voltage and measures nonsense which inturn causes it to show the "error" as a blinking 888 in the display.
So, needless to say, my build is slightly delayed until I can get a hold of a replacement iron. I ordered a Hakko FX-888, thanks to jeff's recommendation, which should be here in a few days.
Thanks to JSteiger, Chunger, Robbie, Igor, and ruckus328, all of whom i've been chatting(more than likely annoying) with over facebook/AIM for the past few months about this project!