Making a new cable for the TS100 soldering iron
In this video I am making a new cable for my TS100 soldering iron. I also replaced the power supply of it because the old one ( 9-24 V, 3 A variable PSU) is not the best for this soldering iron and its cable is really rigid.
I decided to make this new cable based on my recent experience with the KSGER T12 V3.1S soldering station. This soldering station has a very nice and flexible silicon cable. It is not only good because of its flexibility, but since it is made of silicon, it is heat resistant as well. So, I bought some nice silicon cable (0.5 mm^2 or 20 AWG), a good quality DC jack connector and a 24 V 5 A switching power supply for powering the soldering iron. I also bought a nice power cable which is used for irons.
The process was relatively straightforward. I just added some spade connectors for the power supply side of the silicon cable, then I finished with adding the DC jack for the soldering iron side. I added some heat shrink tubes to make it look more clean and professional.
For the DC jack, I used this specific connector: https://tensility.com/connectors/55-00050 (not an affiliate link)
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