FIX for loose tips: One really common cause of the unit displaying "Error" is when the tip is too loose in the handle. It only has to move a couple mm before it'll loose connection with the electrical contacts. I have the aluminum FX9501 handle with the carbon fiber grip, and that was a huge problem for me. I found the solution on another YT video comment thread and thought I'd also share it here in case anyone else can benefit from it. Inside the iron handle there's a short piece of silicone tube that kind of grips on to the little notches on the tips and prevents the tip from sliding right back out of the handle. The actual electrical contact tabs aren't nearly strong enough to do this on their own. My handle had a piece of 6x8 mm (ID x OD) tube in it that was about 2.6 cm long. This was both a couple mm too short and 1 mm too narrow to be effective. It resulted in a couple mm of "play" in the tip because the silicone tube would slide freely between the two stop points, allowing the tip to lose contact with the electrical connection tabs. Annoying as all get out, I tell ya. The VERY simple solution was to replace the tube with a 2.8 cm piece of 6x9 mm silicone tube I sourced from Amazon on the cheap. Now my tips stay put magnificently, held snugly in place by about 6 cents worth of generic silicone tube. No more "Error" every time I poke into my tip cleaner or blink too hard or anything. Life is starting to look up again.
Really? In the manual it says that using it for too long above the 350 will riune the tips. It has a short boost mode but it says not to use it too often. I may try it out when one of the tips is wearing out.
@@ModernDIYProjects Just make sure it’s an accurate reading. You don’t want to set it to 375 and it’s really 450. Most jobs will be fine at 350 or less, but you might need to go hotter on bigger components.
I watched because I have been looking for a soldering iron... I haven't even finished watching because it has too much and too little. No case, no stand, no cord, but yea I can use it in other countries!
Don't worry. I will have other soldering irons that I will be reviewing. I have another one on order for next month. Stay tuned for that one. One product cannot suit every ones needs. This is why I review the same products from different companies.
@@ModernDIYProjects There is a software mod for these things that adds a ton of features. Fahrenheit is an option in that. I highly recommend learning and sticking with Celcius though. Most solder profiles in datasheets are in C and it's really industry standard. So you will have more context to what you are working on in C than in F. Just my Opinion on the matter though. BTW RU-vid is recommending one of my videos after yours that's why I am here, I saw it in my analytics.
Jump on into the 19th century, champ. Celcius is the way of the future. Arbitrary nonsense scale useless to science and still used by virtually nobody, versus easily relatable sensible scale that's compatible with the Kelvin scale and used by everyone. How is this still not an obvious answer for some folks? Brain damage perhaps? Early onset dementia? Mind boggling stupidity? It's baffling.
@@charleschapman2428 Yeah... That was the joke. I was taking a dig at how antiquated the use of the Fahrenheit scale is. As in you'd have to be living in the 1800s.
