Sourcing replacement tip for Parkside battery soldering iron

[Alex Gibson]

Attached photo of the iron in question.

This tool was stupidly cheap in Lidl, and was remarkably good to use, until it inevitably failed after a pretty short lifetime, due to the tip coming apart at some spot welds, and the filament breaking inside.  I know, never buy cheap tools, but I've taken it apart and the rest looks good, it's just the tip was badly made.

I can only find one source of the tips, on Amazon, for about 80% of the cost of the whole iron.   Possibly someone bought a load, harvested the 18650 cells and is selling the rest as spares?

Before I go for that regardless, as I did like the tool enough, can anyone recognise the type of tip connection it is, and where generic tips could be found?

It looks just like a small flashlight bulb thread, with the same solder end to it.  

Could this be reconditioned even?

Cheers

Alex

[Alex Gibson]

The thread looks almost exactly like an E10 bulb thread but is 9.2mm across.

Struggling to find any just like it - especially as Weller sell a soldering iron with actual light bulb in it using this thread!

[Alex Gibson]

https://www.radioshack.com/products/replacement-soldering-tip-for-cat-6400039?variant=18726652510278

 

Found RadioShack in the US selling exactly what I need pretty cheaply – but won’t post outside the US.

 

Not sure why they’re bothering to have a trade war with China when most US companies can’t be bothered to sell to the ‘rest of the world’…

 

Off to AliExpress etc with a few more keywords…

 

 

Alex Gibson

 

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