I found out that by merely changing the case (threaded sleeve that holds tip in) and tip, you can "convert" a normal 1002 to a 1002PBS.
Anyone use these?
It sounds like an increased heat reserve at the same temp would work like gangbusters for motherboards.
I don't think so ... are you sure they are not using a large heater (wattage) for that model? If you ordered your heater from Hexacon - they should have been able to answer that question.
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yeah, its the same heater. The Magnum has a larger heater.
All they did with the PBS was to add some thermal mass. When you look at the PBS tips, they have a small bulged section that doesn't fit into the hole making the tip longer.
There is a J5xx, J6xx, and J7xx series (increasing thermal mass). There is a table on the Hexacon site that shows what thickness boards they are good to use on. The 5 series is 1/16" thick boards.
Frankly, if you have a nice big reservoir of heat at the desired temp, that is all you need. All that fast thermal response stuff is necessary only when you don't have much thermal mass.
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