Wouldn't a better alternative just be a 12V one you can plug into your cigarette lighter or bring along a small 12V lead acid battery? I wouldn't think that a tiny battery would be able to supply that much soldering time...even if it uses a "controlled short."
One of the guys I fly with has a tiny covering iron that uses 12V. It works great...and gets plenty hot in about a minute. I had to use it once when some covering came off of my plane...did the trick. I've used 12V soldering irons before and they work well, not like a 110V one...but they do the trick. I've seen them up to 30Watts and they probably make bigger ones too. Jared -----Original Message----- From: Howard Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Soaring Subject: RE: [RCSE] Cold Heat If you take an AC inverter with you - you can use a soldering iron or gun at the field. Much better than other methods. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Ron Kramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:08 PM To: Soaring Subject: RE: [RCSE] Cold Heat Thanks for the link, FIGURED AS MUCH. So you have to short out two contacts on what you're working on. Doesn't sound good at all - THANKS! -----Original Message----- From: Doug McLaren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:31 PM To: Ron Kramer Cc: Soaring Subject: Re: [RCSE] Cold Heat On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 02:59:53PM -0500, Ron Kramer wrote: | I keep seeing this ad - looks to good to be true? so is it? would be nice at | the field. But 800 degree's from a little battery? Is this for real? Cold | Heat Soldering gun? It is (too good to be true.) They just don't work that well. I tried one and was not impressed, and looking around, it looks like I'm not the only one -- http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4623 Instead, just get a butane soldering iron. They work nicely and are just as portable. -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a unix user to show you how it's done." --Scott Adams RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. **************************************************************************** **** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. **************************************************************************** **** RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
