Just a quickie to thank d8veh for the heads-up on the 45 watt soldering station from Lidl last week:
There might be a few left if you're quick.
It's the dog's doodahs for soldering Deans connectors & even has a graduated label on the temperature knob, which peels off so you can reposition it (for fine tuning
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The flat bit puts some serious heat into 12g wires onto the deans terminals, both soldering & Unsoldering, when you realise you've forgotten to slide a bit of shrink-wrap up the cable
I've done a fair few with mine & apart from the end of the tip eating away a tad, i's fine.
In fact, the only gripe I have is the cable from the station to the iron - like most cheap tools, it's astiff plastic that takes up the kinks from when it's packed & cable-tied: damn thing seems to have a life of its own!
Just make sure you stash the iron snugly into its receptacle when it's hot - Being a clumsy beggar I didn't & it welded itself to the plastic collar
There might be a few left if you're quick.
It's the dog's doodahs for soldering Deans connectors & even has a graduated label on the temperature knob, which peels off so you can reposition it (for fine tuning
)The flat bit puts some serious heat into 12g wires onto the deans terminals, both soldering & Unsoldering, when you realise you've forgotten to slide a bit of shrink-wrap up the cable
I've done a fair few with mine & apart from the end of the tip eating away a tad, i's fine.
In fact, the only gripe I have is the cable from the station to the iron - like most cheap tools, it's astiff plastic that takes up the kinks from when it's packed & cable-tied: damn thing seems to have a life of its own!
Just make sure you stash the iron snugly into its receptacle when it's hot - Being a clumsy beggar I didn't & it welded itself to the plastic collar
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