"Fred McKenzie" wrote in message
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A friend has a Solomon SL-20 Electronic Soldering Station. It has an SL-1
iron with a broken tip. He obtained it from a local company that went out
of business.
Searching the web, it appears that Solomon is popular everywhere else in
the world, but not in the U.S. Does anyone know of a U.S. source for
Solomon parts?
Or, is anyone familiar with Solomon, and know if there is a commonly
available tip that is compatible?
Fred
Fred -
Hopefully I can help you.
Sorny Roong Industrial Co., Ltd (Solomon) - based in Taiwan is one of the
largest OEM suppliers of soldering stations - BUT you are correct individual
parts and tips can be a BEAR to get at times.
http://www.soldering.com.tw/cgi-bin/...profile_lst.pl
Remember that Solomon is an OEM manufacturer -- so they rely upon the "Brand
Name" companies (e.g. Circuit Specialists, Elanco, Tenma) in the USA to
worry about consumables for "end user" or " consumers" !!
Solomon SL-20
http://www.soldering.com.tw/cgi-bin/...st.pl?ProdID=8
Now, I just so happen to repair a Tenma (Solomon) unit last year.
So here is the information you need:
1. The heater and thermocouple are integrated in this design -- so IF one of
the other fails -- you need a new heater/probe assembly !!!
(The newest Weller WES51 station uses this same concept to compete and save
$)
2. The individual parts, while listed on the Solomon web site in Taiwan, are
non-existent with suppliers that I called. Why? They are the same price or
slightly higher than purchasing and entire NEW IRON !!
3. For my Tenma repair, I was able to call MCM on their 800 and they cross
referenced my Tenma base unit (Solomon SL30) with their internal part number
for the correct iron (cost around $ 6 ). I did extensive clean-up on the
unit (it was used daily in a radio/TV shop) -- and replaced the AC line
fuse -- with one of the correct value (they had a 5 amp in for a 1 amp
fuse -- no wonder it failed) !!!
FOR YOUR REPAIR, Check with Circuit Specialists --
I think Solomon used the same iron for the SL10, SL20 and SL30 stations
This is most likely part number SL24V at Circuit Specialists ($10.50)
The iron has a 5 pin DIN connector for a plug - right?
http://www.circuitspecialists.com/prod.itml/icOid/6390
Selection of tips
http://www.circuitspecialists.com/level.itml/icOid/2494
Greg
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