Hi
I could not able to find compatible soldering handle for generic Max Brand(Chinese) 852D++ SMD rework station which I brought recently.
Pros
Excellent value for money
Surprisingly accurate temperature, measured with thermo couple
Good build quality
Cons
Sometimes Solder station led display blinks, Working on it to troubleshoot.
Coming to point I want to procure one more soldering handle for Max station I tried 936A handle, it heats up but no temp display on max unit. When I connected Max soldering handle to 936A station it heats up but no cutoff.
I reversed the polarity of thermo couple of 936A handle, now Max reads temperature, cuts off at desired temperature setting but due to two dissimilar metals and their resistances the temp shoot up to 30 degrees more than desired temp setting and then stabilises at desired temp, also temp accuracy is out of 30%.
How to solve this issue. Many people said 936A holder is incompatible with 852+ and its variants.
I hope I can not even change ceramic core on Max 852++ because no compatible ceramic core