Bonzo Moon Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 95% of my soldering jobs are in connection with my RC plane builds and shock horror, my soldering iron died the other day. ?. Did you know you can get replacement elements? A 20 min job to save yourself £10. That's £30 an hour! Buys a couple of pints ?.Here's how to replace the element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) Where can you get a replacement element from ? Nothing has come up about a "how to..."..... Correction, it's just appeared ! Edited May 22, 2021 by Rich Griff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Moon Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Hi Rich, if you open it in YouTube the link is there. Amazon. https://amzn.to/3faCU7z £13.54 currently £13.54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Bowlan Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Antex is a good brand of soldering iron but is a 25W iron enough for most of your RC type soldering work Bonzo? I find 25W is OK for circuit board work but the tip does not have enough mass for soldering on XT60 type plugs to batteries for instance, the heat is wicked away too quickly. I have an Antex 100W iron for soldering on plugs which I have also used to solder up packs of NiMH batteries. I also have a Goot TQ77 (Japanese) pistol type iron which is 20-200W which is my 'go-to' iron that I have used for years (beware of cheap copies). Edited May 23, 2021 by Piers Bowlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Moon Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) I find the Antex SX25 25w is ok for most of the stuff I do, as you say circuit boards and say small amp ESC's etc. but the tip is quite small and for heavier gauge wire the tip heat loss is too much. I've got another ancient old iron, still only 25W, but that will do heavier stuff like changing a connector on a lipo etc. or bigger ESC's. Edited May 23, 2021 by Bonzo Moon add info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Bonzo, just sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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