I found out that by merely changing the case (threaded sleeve that
holds tip in) and tip, you can "convert" a normal 1002 to a 1002PBS.

Anyone use these?

It sounds like an increased heat reserve at the same temp would work
like gangbusters for motherboards.

"tomhoo" wrote in message
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I found out that by merely changing the case (threaded sleeve that
holds tip in) and tip, you can "convert" a normal 1002 to a 1002PBS.

Anyone use these?

It sounds like an increased heat reserve at the same temp would work
like gangbusters for motherboards.


I don't think so ... are you sure they are not using a large heater
(wattage) for that model? If you ordered your heater from Hexacon - they
should have been able to answer that question.

gb

yeah, its the same heater. The Magnum has a larger heater.

All they did with the PBS was to add some thermal mass. When you look
at the PBS tips, they have a small bulged section that doesn't fit into
the hole making the tip longer.

There is a J5xx, J6xx, and J7xx series (increasing thermal mass).
There is a table on the Hexacon site that shows what thickness boards
they are good to use on. The 5 series is 1/16" thick boards.

Frankly, if you have a nice big reservoir of heat at the desired temp,
that is all you need. All that fast thermal response stuff is
necessary only when you don't have much thermal mass.