I bought this cheap soldering pot from aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32886038760.html?spm=a2g0s.12269583.0.0.4a9679ccLu6iGB
Pictures showed a grounded cable, but the one I got didn't have that. This would be illegal in Sweden I think:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image.png)
This is how it looks inside, mains wiring is just a couple a mm away from metal housing. I would never dare to use this as is:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-1.png)
I took a rotary tool and cut away some paint for the safer connection to ground:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-2.png)
Then I took a proper grounded cable ( I have tons of these lying around):
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-3.png)
Cut and stripped to length:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-4.png)
Desoldered and discarded old cable. Threaded through new cable, attached a connector to ground and screwed it down:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-5.png)
Then just soldered the new cables in place and added a cable tie for pulling relief:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-7.png)
That's better:
![](https://blog.woodenstake.se/content/images/2019/08/image-8.png)