[TowerTalk] Oxidized copper

[Robert Shohet]

Weller 100/140 doesn't get it done well.  By the time it heats up enough,
the PVC is already melting.

With the 80 watt iron, the wire heats up quickly and the solder flows nicely
BEFORE the PVC starts to melt.
The larger mass of the big iron also heats up a larger area of the wire so
that it takes less time to solder a larger area.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Turner <w7ti@jps.net>
To: Robert Shohet <kq2m@mags.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>; Pete Smith
<n4zr@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Oxidized copper


> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:55:38 -0500, Robert Shohet wrote:
>
> >A 40
> >watter (which I also have) is not enough and a gun (which I also have)
just
> >doesn't do it.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Which gun are you using?  The small one or the big one?  I use the big
> one (~250 watts) and it puts out enough heat to solder anything.
>
> 73, Bill W7TI
>
>


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