Reply to "MRC Pure Power Dual Transformer Issue"

Trainlover9943OGR Forum Member

@boomer0622 posted:
The left side of my transformer went dead after pushing the directional button, but after sever pushes, it came back to life. I put a piece of tape over it so I wouldn't push it again until a couple days ago. Oops !
Thanks to you guys and this thread I got the courage to open it up and knew what to look for. Here are a couple pictures;
The first thing I noticed was the copper tab catching on the wire, upper right, but it hadn't worn through the insulation, so I bent the wire out of the way.
After removing the yellow plastic cover, sure enough the solder joint for the tab had come loose.
Now off to Harbor Freight for a soldering gun, I guess a 25 watt will do the job ?
Doug

I used an Xtronic soldering station (3020) from Amazon to solder my tab but I also have a weller soldering gun. Once upon a time I had both the iron and gun from HF and threw them both away. They were junk.

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