/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-wiltrout-s-blog/posts/auto-power-off-for-solder-stationRecently there has been a good discussion on how to monitor Soldering Irons and Stations. I was going to add this post on to the thread that was already in progress but since it was really a comment thread for someone else&#39;s build I decided to po...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-wiltrout-s-blog/posts/auto-power-off-for-solder-stationSun, 26 Oct 2014 21:01:01 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:89ed5bcd-e9ec-4330-9c2f-d078c3a16384Problemchild1<p>I was wondering about the fixed period&nbsp; for the&nbsp; usage. I think that maybe you could do something measuring not the absolute temperature but a relative dip in say the stand temperature. The act of removing and replacing the Iron would cause the temperature to cycle. The Relay would then go off after a fixed time after the last cycle!!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=19008&AppID=315&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-wiltrout-s-blog/posts/auto-power-off-for-solder-stationSun, 26 Oct 2014 08:40:28 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:89ed5bcd-e9ec-4330-9c2f-d078c3a16384mcb11<p>Nice work.</p><p>Every soldering iron should have something similar fitted as standard.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mark</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=19008&AppID=315&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">