The iron seems to cut off the gas supply by itself after a few minutes. Same issue with different tips. The gas container is half full, containing highly purified butane gas. I've tried releasing all the gas form the bottom, and refilling it. Also checker for stuff blocking the tip. Issue keeps coming back... Or is it a safety feature? Guess not... If I leave the Iron for a few minutes (off) it wil engine again. Butane crystallising somewhere in the system??? any suggestions?
Gas (condensation really) may be freezing and constricting flow. Try warming the tip a bit with a hair dryer see if it goes longer.
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You have burned out residue on the tip. Clead it off with a damp cloth when the iron is hot. If this doesn't get it all, use steel wool. Immediately afterwards, get flux & solder onto the tip or it will get coated again.
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Hi, I'm not sure the tip is defective. Check that the tip is screwed in tight. If it is not good and tight the tip will not get a good heat transfer from the solder wand. Hope this helps. If the wand will heat then the tip should.
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See: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=weller+WM17D+soldering+tips&x=15&y=19
Also Radio shack may have the tip at a larger price, but you don't have to pay shipping
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This happens quite frequently. On the tip there are two nuts that hold the tip to the gun. Tighten them a bit. The tip is made of copper and as this heats, it causes the connection where the nuts are to become a higher resistance and thus lower heat. When you tighten them, it "cuts" through the copper oxidation (caused by the heat) and lowers the resistance, hence more heat.
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If the iron is not getting hot at all then the tip is not the issue. I would goto a local hardware store like home depot or lowes and buy a replacement wall plug. You should first cut, strip back the wires and replace the plug as per its instructions. If the Iron still doesn't heat up after this you should unplug it and dissemble the body of it, you have to unscrew the 3 screws on the top and slide the body down. There will be wire nut connections for the electronics from the wall plug cable to the actual iron, check that they are connected properly. Often there is a break in the pinch point of the cable at the end of the irons body. For solving this I like to cut the wire below the pinch point, strip the wires back and redo fresh connections at the wire nuts. Good luck!
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