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 After the power plug and the soldering iron have been plugged in
and the soldering iron has been placed in the stand, turn on the
soldering station with the ON/OFF switch (5).
 In the display (1) you can see the current temperature in the upper
line and the preselected temperature in the lower line. The prese-
lected temperature can be set with the buttons "200° C", "300° C",
"400° C" and "UP, Down". To change the scale from °C to °F or vice
versa, press the "°C/°F" button (6). The scale in the display changes
accordingly.
 After you have pressed e.g. the "300° C" button, the selected
temperature is displayed as "SET 300° C" and the upper value to the
right of "Temp." climbs to 300° C. Meanwhile, at the right of the
display "HEAT ON" and "WAIT" will be displayed until the set tem-
perature has been reached.
 "WAIT" appears in the display while the temperature of the soldering
iron is increased or lowered. Temperature shifts of around 10°C
around the set value are normal.
 With the "+ UP" and "DOWN –" button (7) you can set the tempera-
ture with a resolution of 1° C or 2° F. To do so, briefly press the
respective button. The set temperature will increase or decrease by
1° C respectively 2° F. If you hold the button, the display will change
in steps of 10° C / 18° F. When the desired value is reached, just
release the button.
 Select the right temperature for every job to avoid cold soldering
joints or damaging delicate components or burning flux with exces-
sive heat. Burnt flux will cause weak joints.
In electronic circuitry  solder with a colophony flux core is used.
This is because colophony is not a conductor and can not cause a
short-out on the circuit board. Suitable solder can be ordered from
under the article number 46 01 13 (100 g spool with 1 mm
diameter) and additional colophony under the article number 88 53 68.
In electrics and electronics  solder without a flux core and separate
flux is used for less delicate work. Because flux can cause short-outs,
residual flux must be cleaned off with a cloth or a brush and alcohol.
Otherwise, the flux might cause a short-out.
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