[AMPS] Re: Big Mutha Soldering Iron

[Pete Smith]

At 03:12 PM 9/12/00 +0000, alsopb wrote:
>
>I'll tell you all one NOT TO GET.  It's the Radio Shack 150/230 watt
>#64-2187.
>It's tip is shaped like an oversized Weller tip.
>
>When you heat it up at 230 watts, the tip glows red hot in the wire
>sections 2/3 of way down in to the tip! 

Amen.  Mine doesn't have THAT problem, but the trigger switch has been
flakey since it came out of the shrinkwrap, and it's very slow to heat up.
My Weller 8200 140-watt iron is much better for PL-259s, etc.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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