[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft digest, Vol 1 #282 - 31 msgs

[Jeremiah J McCarthy]

I have an older WCPT solder station, about 15 years old, but it is still
the same as the newest ones, the only difference being that the pencil
holder and the sponge tray are not separate, they are part of the main
unit...The four rubber feet on the bottom are mushroom shaped plugs that
pull straight out...Four Phillips screws under the feet hold the unit
together...In my unit, there is no fuse in the primary circuit, but there
is a 3 amp fuse in the secondary circuit, namely, the heater output to
the pencil...If the pilot light in the switch doesn't light, the problem
is in the primary circuit because the light will go on even if the pencil
isn't plugged in...Of course it is possible you have 2 problems, the fuse
in the secondary is blown and the lamp in the switch is burned out, but I
kind of doubt it...I suspect the switch...

Jerry McCarthy, wa2dkg

Subject: [Elecraft] OT Weller WCPT problems
 
This morning my Weller WCPT wouldn't work. Barely used except to build
the 
K2 and some accessories. Last used probably about a year ago. The light 
behind the on/off switch (there is one, right?) doesn't come on and the 
iron doesn't get hot. The AC outlet powering it is ok.
 
It appears the four rubber feet on the controller base cover the screws 
that let one get inside it. Before I do that, anyone have any suggestions

of something obvious I didn't think of?
 
TIA
 
72, Ken W9NPP