AVR-Chat

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:40:32 +1300 you wrote:

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>Has anybody heard of these soldering irons?
>Hope it not iron you throw out after 100 solder joints (if you get the flow)
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>An interesting soldering iron - The Cold Heat Soldering Tool is a cordless
>tool that heats quickly and cools down nearly as fast. It creates the heat
>right in the proprietary tip material, making the tool 20 times more
>efficient than the average conventional soldering iron. The tip reaches
>500ºF in less than 1 second for many types of joints and cools to the touch
>in 1-5 seconds so you can put it away - without any waiting.
>
>More info @ http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/69d3/

Looks disgusting!

I just tried setting my iron to 500F and I'm sure it woud create lots of bad
joints as standard solder only melts at 460F.

I usually use around 650F for soldering - it gives very fast reliable joints.


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