I live in the UK and I use a good ol' cheap as chips Antex iron. Actually I do recommend keeping two - one 15-watt or so with a small pointed bit for integrated circuits, transistors, diodes and the like, and one 25-watt or so with a larger chisel bit for larger components, terminal pins and so on. (not to mention working on the car, where a small iron can't cope with wind cooling) My next iron for fine work will be a Weller TCP - I have been promising myself to buy one when this one breaks, but unfortunately it's kept going for the last ten years. I've still got a couple of pounds of Pb/Sn flux-cored so haven't had to replace it for temperature reasons yet.
--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "fuyuhiko" <hiko_goldenballs@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone use a gas soldering iron? I've just wondered if it's good for electronics.
> My current two soldering irons, roughly 20 pound each, both died in two months, and I suspect that it's because of the UK 240V which is slightly higher than European 230V so I'm thinking of buying one which isn't affected by the voltage.
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> Any idea?
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> Kind Regards
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