Reader Ingenuity: Lamp Holder Repair / Upgrade
We got a call today about the lamp holder for the cordless rechargeable soldering irons (Quick Charge #7700/#7740, “60″ Pro Charge #7800/#7840 and Power Pro #7904/#7944).
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The customer, John, was looking for a replacement lamp socket. This is our part #W00176-100.
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He found a really good version of it at Radio Shack. The Radio Shack version has an isolated mounting tab so it can even be screwed to the housing to secure it better.
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We have not tested it here yet so standard legalease / common sense applies – use at your own risk. That said we have one on order so we’ll find out soon enough.
Also we are making more and more parts available for folks to fix their own units or for making other stuff. We’ll be selling the W00176-100 at $0.45 each if anybody needs one.
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I really like the aspect of making repairs to my electronic units myself and by you making parts available it makes it so much easier. More and more companies are so proprietary, it’s almost impossible to get parts to do the repairs. Thanks for making ISO-Tip a better tool company.
Hi Fayette!
Thank YOU for the compliment! It absolutely made my morning. That said, Steve (the owner of Iso-Tip) firmly believes that if you have the ability to repair the tools yourself, then the very least we can do is sell you the necessary parts. This philosophy might have something to do with his background in engineering and appreciation of open platform creativity, but that's just my own theory.
Happy soldering!
Sara