MOTM

Is something acting as a heat sink in the area? Seems unlikely, but...
 
Either that or the thermostat is going in your iron. My Weller is 16 years
old and hasn't failed but I hear it happens.
 
 
Ken Tkacs
 
 
 
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From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...] 
 
...It feels like I couldn't get the braided wire hot enough to meld with the
solder.  At one point, though, one of the braids become brittle and snapped
as I flexed it.  Surely this isn't very good.  I had my (cheap Radio Shack)
soldering iron set to "high", which has consistantly worked in the past...