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cold heat soldering iron
versapak:
I bought one, and it is nice if you have some not so precise soldering to do in small doses.
Batteries don't really last all that long in it, and it doesn't really work for small places, and being that it works with electricity, soldering around chips and such is not recommended.
Great for what it does, but still so limited, that an old fashioned soldering iron is still going to be very much a mainstay to most soldering jobs I do.
ErikRuud:
I picked one up at Home Depot yesterday.
I am returnming it tomorrow!
I thought I would give it a try, and return it if it didn't work. It does work. Or maybe I should say it did work.
It is only designed for light duty work and I knew that when I got it. I was working with 18 guage wire and .062" molex pins. It worked great until I ran into the MAJOR design problem. The instructions warn you not to keep the solder in contact with the workpiece for more than a few seconds. Again I knew this before I started. I was going along, crimping and soldering. I noticed that the heat can build up when doing a bunch of work. So I would crimp a few pins and the solder them, crimp a few more and then solder them allowing the ColdHeat to rest in between.
Apparently it was too much work and the socket that the tip plugs into began to melt! :o I immediately shut it off and pulled out the tip. The inside of socket was ruined. The damage must extend inside as well, because the power switch will not move anymore.
As far as I can tell, the tip does heat up and cool down quickly, but if you are not extremely careful, the metal collar on the tip starts to heat up, and it does not cool down quickly.
Save yourself some aggravation and cancel your order.
Beeeph:
I bought one after seeing the ads on tv...
In the heat of anger that follows the realization of getting ripped off, I almost flushed it out the toilet until I realized the damage it could've done to my plumbing....
so I tossed it out the window instead.
solfood:
darn...the thing looks SO cool. It looks much cooler than my regular soldering iron.
oh well...I guess tools don't need to look great as long as they get the job done. maybe I'll get a laser level instead....THOSE look neat.
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