[Elecraft] soldering iron story

[G. Beat]

> Picked up the matching desoldering attachment that replaces the TCP element  
> tube at a junk sale. The rubber bulb has now finally perished with age.
>
> Anybody know of a source of replacements for these rubber bulbs?
> 
> Checks with dealers at later junk sales have drawn a blank apart  from 
> thoughts they may have been used by the military in the UK.
>  
> Bob, G3VVT
>

Bob -

Yes,  TriState Electronics, Mt. Prospect, IL had a black replacement Weller bulb in stock, 
when I was in there last week.  Weller made these bulbs in Red and black rubber.

You can sometimes find these at the drug stores.

Greg