Hi,
I bought an Aoyue 2930 from Wiltec last week. This weekend I took it out, put the included tip in the handle and soldered with it for about an hour, varying the temperature between 370 and 400 degrees. The iron heated up very quickly and was a pleasure to use. Alas, after an hour of very gentle use Err 1 came on the display and the iron stopped heating.
After a few email exchanges with Wiltec, and measuring resistances of the heating element and sensor in the tip (both very high), it was concluded that the tip is broken and needs replacing. When I asked Wiltec about guarantee, they said tips don't come with it, and I just need to buy a new one.
I don't want to be going through one tip per hour (these things aren't cheap!), and I wonder if I've just been unlucky with a bad tip, or it's actually the station itself that is frying the tip?
I guess I won't know until I buy a new tip, but I would like to have an idea what the probabilities of both cases are.
Thanks for any advice,
Koen.