My zpa 0.3 and 0.5

[trickyricky]

You might need to replace the tip with a larger opening hole. I have three for my Hakko 808, a 1mm a 2mm and a 3mm desoldering tips. Mine is good for about 15 solder joints before it needs to be cleaned, then its good for another 15 joints.

[Kurten75]

What does this desoldering station look like?

If I'm not mistaken - I believe Alfaholic has a LAFAYETTE SSD-15

[Alfaholic]

I now use the 1.3mm and i got 1.0mm but thats the only size they had, can i take my power drill and make them bigger or are there some alloy in them?.
I try to clean out the container every time and i also use the pipe cleaners that came wsith unit, its a cheap unit but its good enough for my use it sucks pretty good and i dont have to use to much heat.
What temp do you use when desoldering vias on amplifier boards?

Kurten got it right its the Lafayette ssd15

[Alfaholic]

This is a 220Volt station if we used 110V like in the US i would have bought a Hakko but the 220V versions are expensive.

[Alfaholic]

Well i just finished the zpa0.5 today and it looks like new on the inside now, i bought a new auto DMM and the dc offset is very good on it so it dont need to be adjusted.
I got new sensetivity pots for the zpa 0.3 so that is up next now, im not sure what i will do with the 0.5 but now its in good condition.

[vwdude]

Great job. I wish you lived closer, I'd buy it from you. Not willing or able to pay for the shipping though.

If you use it you'll be very happy.

For a second there I thought you had the off-road amp, the way you had those Tis paired up.

That collection is growing very nicely, like a true addict like the rest of us.

[Alfaholic]

Great job. I wish you lived closer, I'd buy it from you. Not willing or able to pay for the shipping though.

If you use it you'll be very happy.

For a second there I thought you had the off-road amp, the way you had those Tis paired up.

That collection is growing very nicely, like a true addict like the rest of us.

Thanks man, i got to hear the 0.3 the other day and it sounds great and its going in my car soon.
Im now repairing the R-link i got that is broken but i need to get new relay for it but they are hard to find, i changed almost everything on the board now.

[vwdude]

Nice. Yea the 0.3 sounds great. On one of my 0.3 I replaced all mini caps with ELNA audio caps and I just ordered Nichicon Fine Gold audio caps to recap another 0.3 and maybe a 0.5. Probably won't make a huge difference but it can't hurt.

[Alfaholic]

I love the blue and gold caps im just done replacing the pots on it and i found the relays for the r-link box, im done recaping all my amplifiers i think i will find a broken Audiobahn amplifier and repair it so i got something to do.

[Alfaholic]

Well i fixed my r-link box today so now i got two working kit with 3 displays, the reason it did not work was two of the pins on the innput were soldered togethere it was impossible to se it was so litle but when i measured between it got full contact so i desoldered and soldered it and now it works perfect.
Now i need a new project