Soldering iron won't heat up.

[Grandmasterjimmy]

My soldering iron will no longer heat up. It's been like that for about 3 months actually. I don't have the money to buy a new one right now, any chance I can fix the old one? It just stopped working 1 day while soldering, and refused to get hot again. Not sure what's wrong. It's the standard radioshack or should I say "The Shack" iron.

[misjah]

You should check out the cable, need to open up the iron if it`s possible. Test with multimeter at the ac plug, it should be around 1K ohm. Maybe it`s a loose wire but if the heater died there`s no fixing.

[simon66]

My soldering iron will no longer heat up. It's been like that for about 3 months actually. I don't have the money to buy a new one right now, any chance I can fix the old one? It just stopped working 1 day while soldering, and refused to get hot again. Not sure what's wrong. It's the standard radioshack or should I say "The Shack" iron.

Clean the tip if its dirty or if theres solder from last time you used. That causes it to not heat properly, or at all.

[Axaj]

That happened to me too. I just let it sit unplugged for a couple of days and it started working again.