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General Vintage Technology Discussions For general discussions about vintage radio and other vintage electronics etc. |
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23rd Oct 2017, 6:08 pm | #21 | |
Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK.
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Re: Hot air soldering/desoldering
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The hot air gun will be great for lighting barbecues without any contamination from lighter fluid or the like. The Dremel will eventually come into its own- it's very useful for things that otherwise need time and patience with a file and chisel like making existing lock plates fit new locks on doors!
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29th Oct 2017, 10:52 am | #22 |
Nonode
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Re: Hot air soldering/desoldering
A famous name makes one of these where they thoughtfully gave the wand a black conductive outer tube, presumably in the interest of being ESD safe.
Such a pity they omitted to connect it to earth. Sits at about 55V anytime the unit is connected to mains. I noticed it because it was "creepy" to touch. They achieved the reverse of what I suppose they intended. |
29th Oct 2017, 11:17 am | #23 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London, UK.
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Re: Hot air soldering/desoldering
That doesn’t surprise me. My thinkpad sits at around 90v on the chassis!
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