before Dave's shocking discovery, I trusted the Weller name.
having seen it, in electronics magazines for yrs. as a sign of safety , reliability & quality used by the professionals.
sad to see this is no longer true!
Don't throw in the towel yet just because of lack of correct value and type of fusing you can fit yourself,
I'm still buying re "reliability & quality used by the professionals"
i.e. their solder stations and tips have been great.
But the 'safety' thing is now up to the end user, and has been for a while on a lot of gear,
I fitted primary and secondary fuses on a Weller WTCPN station ages ago, because it wasn't obvious to me what will happen if there's a short or fault somewhere.
I assumed an internal transformer fuse of sorts, but that's a one way ride and a dead transformer if the issue has an external cause.
So between the fuses and or RCD popping, it's a good punt that magic smoke, flames and fumes are less likely
Weller should do better damage control, now that they are sprung,
Hakko and others have their coffers wide open ready to rock
What kind of protections do the competition and KnockoffsRus Inc. have in their gear?