Years ago I had a portable soldering iron that had a conventional tip and an internal rechargable battery. It was about the same size as the "cold heat" iron, but it was a conventional, battery powered soldering iron and it worked GREAT. It came with a charging stand and I never ran it down. Dont know where it is now...lost in the garage I suppose.
On 1/15/06, George KB2Z <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > 2 amps at 4 1/2 VDC sounds like a lot of juice. > George KB2Z > > > > > At 10:05 AM 1/15/06, you wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I received one of these soldering irons for Christmas. I've long seen > >the ads, and wondered if this device would be a useful addition to my ham > >shack. They take 3 "AA" batteries, and I had 3 freshly charged 2000 ma / hr > >NIMH batteries handy. The device appears to have a graphite split tip such > >that no current flows until something conductive is put into the gap. I > >tried solder, and had to wiggle it around to make connection, and then yes > >it did melt briefly until the blob fell out opening the current path. Next > >step was to solder something. I tried to unsolder a wire from a PCB. I had > >to change angle to get the connection, and the pad warmed, cooled, warmed, > >cooled as I moved the iron to regain the connection. After about 30 seconds, > >no more heat...just cold heat I guess. I looked at the tip, and plastic from > >the tip mount had melted and filled the gap between the graphite elements. > >The tip was shot! > > > > Right now my Coleman soldering iron is in the trash can alongside my > >Tornado fuel saver. %^$^%$*^&^%*$*$ > > > >Don't waste your money on this soldering iron... > > > >Regards, > >Jim Candela > >WD5JKO > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 1/14/2006 > > > >______________________________________________________________ > >AMRadio mailing list > >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > >AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > -- Jim Isbell "If you are not living on the edge, well then, you are just taking up too much space."
