Here's an odd question. I live in Basel and I need a soldering iron to repair a few of my electronic devices, where would be th ebest place to go to? I'm clueless. Would a DIY have one?! or some chain of shops?

thanks!

Now theres a coincidence, I was looking for one just today. They can be ordered at the huge mail order electronics place conrad.ch, if you can wait. Otherwise most bau-and-hobby places will have them.

dave

wow. that was an incredibly fast reply. Thank you DaveA and thank you englishforum.ch.

they're very useful things for those who like to chip playstations and xboxes

That would be illegal I would never do such a thing..


But really, I just have to fix a lamp and my iPod dock. It's that innocent.

Obi in Dreispitz has them.

I'm pretty sure Jumbo has some basic ones, not sure if they have decent electronics ones though...

I bought one in Obi Dreispitz a couple of weeks back. They are with the power tools not the other electrical stuff.

If you plan to use it more than once, ensure you get one with a themostat fitted - especially if you are going to use it for electronics.

dave

Jumbo? What/where is that?

www.jumbo.ch

Thanks. Turns out theres one just down the road from me aswell. Very convenient.

How will i know if it has a thermostat?

The german word thermostat appears to be the same. I just took a look on conrad.ch and they have load of irons in stock. They also had one of these :
COLD HEAT LÖTKOLBEN


which seemed quite interesting.

dave