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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2023
- The known problem of the WE1010 Weller stations is the lack of a pilot light or the display's backlight. As a result, it is easy to forget that the station is left ON after working with it. This video shows step by step how to install the indicator light.
You may also take a look at a different solution to this project that does not require drilling holes in the case. Credit for the other solution goes to Adapting Camera • Weller WE 1010 - A sim...
Weller soldering station WE1010 on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B077JDGY1J
A sample of pilot LED lamps available on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/dp/B09L7W7HKL - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Great idea, and well done!
They sent me a 12v led pilot light that should work same way to the voltage regulator right? I hate sending this stuff back im ready to just do this project already
My job for this week. I often forget to turn it off 👍
Job done. Red LED so bright, I'm running it at under 1mA!
excellent video and mod
Nice idea, but why not to change the mains switch into a switch with integrated control LED?
I used one from Marquardt, fits perfectly without drilling and you can always go back to factory defaults when needed.
Good idea! The little LED lamp is what I already had on my work bench. If I had a nice and bright lighted switch, that would be my first choice.
Great video! Can you expand on the description/size of the light you used and the wire? amazon?
You could use any kind of thin wire because it's low voltage (5V) and tiny current (20mA or less). If you don't have any LEDs lying around, Amazon sells LED indicator lights for 8 dol. for a pack of five: Look up "Gebildet 5pcs 8mm 3V-4.5V-5V-6V-7.5V-9VDC LED Metal Indicator"
Good luck!
@@tektech1065 😀Thanks for the info... this is a project for next week....
are those 1.5 mm or 2.0 mm female plugs with the wires? The resister is connected to the black ground lead wire only right ?Did you solder the wires to the voltage regulator? how did you connect them? There is a few times I left my iron on and forgot to turn it off its very dangerous I agree that you would think they added LED lights to the screen in newer models by now or a pilot light indicator. I bought my iron 6 months ago. I need to get this done like you this is nice my friend and very clean.
Thank you so much for all this
I don't know what exact size plug that was, just as long as it fits snugly on the pins of the LED. You can also just solder the wires to the LED. The current limiting 160 Ohm resistor in series can be connected to either one of the two wires. I found that the 5V regulator was the easiest component to tap power for the LED. And, of course, I needed another soldering iron to make those solder connections directly to the pins of that regulator.
Weller should know better
do you know at least what guage the wire was I think they are 2.54 jst plugs im trying to buy them on amazon im just going to wire strip the red positive twist on the resistor to that wire then solder the resistor after and use heat shrink is it 22 awg guage? I dont want to mess up the pcb
Would it be possible to wire in a LED that would illuminate when the tip heater is powered?
Great idea! That would be really useful but LED's would melt with high temp. near the tip. So, maybe two or three white LED's around the handle? If someone makes it first commercially, I think the idea is likely to spread like wildfire.
@@tektech1065 I was thinking more along the lines of an LED just like you installed, but instead wired to the heater output inside the station. I think having the LED's on the iron would be a distraction from the work...
For beginners like me, please provide the link for the product that you used.
Links added. You can also see my earlier reply to Kwmck01, 1 month ago.
Good luck!