Recently replaced my Hakko 808 heating element and wasn't paying attention to what I was doing.... shorted the leads coming from the heating element, which in turn blew a resistor. Based on the color bands, I replaced it with an equivalent 1ohm, 2 Watt Resistor with 5% tolerance. (Brown, Black, Gold, Gold). Problem is now, the Hakko desoldering tip glows red after it has heated up, indicating that the temperature is way too high. Turned down voltage as far as it would go and decresed the calibration pot as well, but to no avail.
Is is possible that the because the resistor is 2 watts versus 1 watt that too much power is going to the heating element or could having the resistor in backwards be an issue? The voltage adjuster is nothing but a potentiameter, so is it possible that the resistor blowing could have harmed that component? No other components look damaged.
Thanks for the help guys!
Is is possible that the because the resistor is 2 watts versus 1 watt that too much power is going to the heating element or could having the resistor in backwards be an issue? The voltage adjuster is nothing but a potentiameter, so is it possible that the resistor blowing could have harmed that component? No other components look damaged.
Thanks for the help guys!
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