[TowerTalk] Cordless solder irons

[Jim Lux]

On 11/19/14, 8:45 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> Now that's a clever idea.  Make two adapters for each end of the feed coax
> and run AC up to the top temporarily on the coax.  Pulling up an AC cord is
> much better than hauling a generator to the top.  I can't see anyone in
> there right mind hauling a generator up.
>

At work, we joke about using a AC plug to coax connector adapter as a 
test tool to figure out where a mystery run of coax goes. Over the past 
60 years, there have been lots of coax runs installed between labs. A 
bundle of coax disappears into the wall, ceiling or floor, and 
presumably connects to a similar looking bundle in some other lab. 
Rather than pay to run yet another line, you want to re-use what's 
available.

Hook up one end to the line current, and listen for screams or look for 
smoke at the other end as whatever is connected makes its presence known.