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ColdHeat - anyone use it?
pgifford:
Hi,
I saw a commercial for ColdHeat today (http://www.coldheat.com) and found it intriguing. Has anyone used it? Their faq says it's not to be used on sensitive components. I'm not sure what that means. No board repairs?
Anyway, for $20 at ThinkGeek it seems like a great deal.
Paul
JAMMA Guy:
My guess is because it's not ground .... static buildup could damage a PCB.
I got one ordered (seemed to cool of a tool not to have one).
Can't wait to try it out ;D
pgifford:
--- Quote from: JAMMA Guy on July 05, 2004, 07:07:04 am ---My guess is because it's not ground .... static buildup could damage a PCB.
I got one ordered (seemed to cool of a tool not to have one).
Can't wait to try it out ;D
--- End quote ---
Please post a review after you have a chance to play with it. Be sure to try it out on some boards and let us know how they hold up :)
Paul
MasTequila:
I have one and I must say it is a handy tool. However I have not used it on a PCB yet so I cannot give any info about that. Howver for 20 bucks I think it is a very good buy.
dtu:
I'd be more worried about the temperature (too hot) than not being grounded. You could easily 'cook' sensitive components, without any sort of temperature control on your Soldering Iron.