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paulmarchant /r/soldering
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1970-01-20 05:42:33.57 +0000 UTC

To be honest, if you want to accurately and properly sort this (and keep that station), you need to buy a cheap K-type thermocouple temperature meter off Amazon or Ebay.

Establish what knob positions give you what 'unloaded' tip temperatures.

Leaded, on normal, non-problematic boards: 330'C

All else: 350 - 360'C.

https://www.amazon.com/Proster-Thermocouple-Thermometer-Dual-Channel-Thermocouples/dp/B071V7T6TZ

or similar. Otherwise you're just guessing, and you'll trash more value in tips and PCBs than the meter will cost you.

If funds are limited, and you have a half-decent multimeter, you can, in principle just buy a cheap K-type thermocouple probe for $5, and use this chart:

https://www.pyromation.com/Downloads/Data/emfk_c.pdf

to establish temperature from the thermocouple's output voltage without needing anything else.