2ndGearRubber
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I bought the M18 top off about a year ago, primarily to use with my soldering iron. The iron is a Hakko fx600, which I believe has a max wattage of about 65, the top off having 175watt output per the manual.
This worked well for about a year, now the top off seems unresponsive for 120v use. I have 115v AC at the plug, and with the iron half plugged in I also have 115v at each prong. The iron will work on a wall outlet, but doesn't light up at all plugged into the Top Off.
The plug shaped light turns on, and I did plug in a Snapon 14.4 wall charger which lit up, which implies to me some amout of current can flow. I grabbed my Sawzall, I know, and the power supply won't move the blade a millimeter before hitting the overload warning. No idea how many watts a Sawzall wants.
Sounds like my top-off is refusing to move any significant wattage on the 120v side? Warning fault for excessive heat/load doesn't come on connected to the iron. I have used two different xc5.0 batteries with no difference between them.
This worked well for about a year, now the top off seems unresponsive for 120v use. I have 115v AC at the plug, and with the iron half plugged in I also have 115v at each prong. The iron will work on a wall outlet, but doesn't light up at all plugged into the Top Off.
The plug shaped light turns on, and I did plug in a Snapon 14.4 wall charger which lit up, which implies to me some amout of current can flow. I grabbed my Sawzall, I know, and the power supply won't move the blade a millimeter before hitting the overload warning. No idea how many watts a Sawzall wants.
Sounds like my top-off is refusing to move any significant wattage on the 120v side? Warning fault for excessive heat/load doesn't come on connected to the iron. I have used two different xc5.0 batteries with no difference between them.
