[TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

[Big Don]

Health Tip:  Need to be extremely careful with any jury-rigged 120vac
activity up a tower. For example -- do not try any of this in the
*RAIN*....and do not get yourself between any hot connection and your
grounded tower....
Don  N7EF

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g at windstream.net>
wrote:

> I have used a run of coax for a 120vac extension cord to power a soldering
> gun to use to solder on the PL-259 to the coax being used for the extension
> cord.
> My soldering gun was the transformer type so no problem.  Be careful, some
> soldering irons are not isolated and you could end up doing some unintended
> impromptu welding instead of soldering.  Oh, and do not touch the solder
> with bare fingers as it can be hot/120vac when contacting the work piece.
>
> Patrick     NJ5G