What’s at the Heart of Amazon’s 7$ Soldering Iron

This was the cheapest 60-watt soldering iron I could find on Amazon. It was 7$. Was I expecting 60 watts, not really. At 7$ I wasn’t expecting it to melt solder. But it does. So I’m taking a look inside the iron. Examining its components and function. And ponder how a functioning soldering iron made halfway around the world gets to my doorstep for 7$.

Soldering iron link: https://a.co/d/aWQyRW6

0:00 Intro
0:35 Teardown
2:51 Schematic Diagram
3:18 Power draw waveforms
5:03 Final Thoughts