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Originally Posted by fintstone View Post
These always have tip issues. The tip connections must be extremely tight and the tip in good shape as there are low voltage/high current.

Well I'll be darned. I took the tip off, looked at, and put it back on, tightening the nuts down EXTREMELY tight, to the point where I thought I would break something - nothing left to lose, so why not.
As soon as I pulled the trigger I noticed the buzzing was much louder. The temp came up to 454F in no time.
So all this time I thought getting the nuts really tight was adequate. Nope, they need to be brutally tight.
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