[Elecraft] RE: Weller station repair (warranty)

[gregory.beat at comcast.net]

The Weller station is still under Weller warranty -- IF less than 1 year old.  I would definitely contact Weller / Cooper Tools for warranty repair.
http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/electronic_applications/index.htm

Here is the Adobe Acrobat warranty informaiton, note that out of warranty work can be expensive.
http://www.cooperhandtools.com/brands/electronic_applications/PDFs/WellerRepairPricingPolicy.pdf

Likely the problem is within the Weller base unit's electronics or possibly the temperature probe inside the iron.  Save yourself some $$ and hold off on an iron purchase that you may not need (this is NOT a TCP series - where an iron change is 95% possibility of the problem).  Call them Monday.

Greg
w9gb 

Weller Contact information:

Repair Department
P.O. Box 728
Apex, NC 27539
1000 Lufkin Road
Apex, NC 27502
Phone: (800) 476-3030 Ext. 2
Fax: (919) 387-2640
www.cooperhandtools.com

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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 08:12:38 -0800
From: "Bob Miller" <bobrmiller at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] Weller Solder Station
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Well, I didn't pay too much attention to the recent thread concerning solder 
stations because I have a less than one year old Weller WESD51.  I have been 
very happy with it until last night. While working on my KD1JV AT Sprint III 
the digital readout starting bouncing all over the place. Sometimes the iron 
will heat up and at other times not at all. The temp is reading 850deg most 
of the time and I can't set the temp at all.

I guess I could replace the pencil and see if that solves the problem. With 
tax and all that would be about $35 but I'm not sure that will solve the 
problem.

Anyone had this problem with this station?