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by PennRobotics 962 days ago
I think the nice Weller irons are using 24 volts DC between the box and the tip. Why deal with filtering and conversion to run a PID temperature controller, which you'll need anyway to get a mains iron to run as precisely as a high-end device?
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Thyristor/SCR control works too.