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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron

www.engadget.com

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iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron

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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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iFixit has made a smart soldering iron to improve everyone's repair work.
  • Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Just curious what do you think a reasonable price would be for this product?

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      A pinecil is 25$ and a 40kmah battery pack is 35$, so the combination… 60-70 bucks.

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        8 months ago

        I’ve never used one but I just looked up the specs and it looks like it maxs out at 75 watts. Is that enough to keep it hot with like 16 gauge wires?

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          The pinecil will go up to 126w if you have a capable power supply. I am going to be honest though, 16awg isn’t that large. A 45w iron could probably handle that fine if you are ok with waiting a but for your wires to get up to temp.

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            I have a 60w iron and 16awg is always the size that’s just too big for me and always a pain to solder.

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              Is it actually a 60w iron or does it only hit that current when heating from roomtemp and not when keeping the tip on temperature?

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                Sorry I thought it was 60 cause that was the newest one but looked at mine it’s the haklo station 70w. Pretty sure it’s 70w but could be just 70w at startup.

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      I’d say an absolute maximum of 100 USD

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