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I’m looking to buy a gas soldering iron for work as a kit. Would anyone possibly have any suggestions?
I've had a great number of gas soldering irons over the years, and it's only the cheap, nasty ones that suffer most of those problems.Why do you specifically want a gas soldering iron? I'd suggest you should go with an 18v electronic soldering iron that can run off a small powerbank.
Gas soldering irons were the bees knees before lithium batteries became a thing but they have a lot of disadvantages. They're often way too hot so they destroy the solder before you've finished the joint, some are adjustable but they have a tendancy to spit and splutter on the high and low settings and they also spit and stutter if they're over filled or getting low on gas. They're awful to use if there's even a slight breeze or little bit of air movement. The exhaust gasses have a tendancy to accidentally burn things in the general area and you often need a hot works permit for a butane gas iron on site but can often get away without one for a battery power version where there's no naked flames.
Why do you specifically want a gas soldering iron? I'd suggest you should go with an 18v electronic soldering iron that can run off a small powerbank.
Gas soldering irons were the bees knees before lithium batteries became a thing but they have a lot of disadvantages. They're often way too hot so they destroy the solder before you've finished the joint, some are adjustable but they have a tendancy to spit and splutter on the high and low settings and they also spit and stutter if they're over filled or getting low on gas. They're awful to use if there's even a slight breeze or little bit of air movement. The exhaust gasses have a tendancy to accidentally burn things in the general area and you often need a hot works permit for a butane gas iron on site but can often get away without one for a battery power version where there's no naked flames.
Why do you specifically want a gas soldering iron?
I have three that I personally own and use and it just happens that I brought them all home to clean all the tips this weekend so I can show you pictures.Any suggestions for a battery one?
I also have a dremel gas soldering kit, it came in a nice tin box which you don't see very often nowadays. I only use it if I've got tons of heatshrink to do, it's handy for that. I definately wouldn't try to use the dremel gas iron on LED strips or electronics.
What kinda soldering do you do on site? How many hours a day are you soldering for? How often do you have jobs where you need to solder? Also what price point / what's your budget?
If you're looking at the milwaukee there's a similar option from Aldi or Lidl... can't remember which that's Parkside branded. It's considerably cheaper with similar functionality. Never tried either of them so I can't say how good they are but the Parkside seems to get a thumbs up from all the reviews I've seen.
They aren’t very good jelly crimps. You can have false alarms on them. Only good for BT/Openreach engineers.Question:
If it's 8 core alarm cable, can't you join with jelly-crimps like used for telephone cable?
You only get problems when the alarm cable is that CCA crap and that can also be difficult to get a decent solder jointThey aren’t very good jelly crimps. You can have false alarms on them. Only good for BT/Openreach engineers.
Question:
If it's 8 core alarm cable, can't you join with jelly-crimps like used for telephone cable?
These may be okNo, jelly crimps are only rated/intended for solid core cables, alarm cable is stranded and they don't always make a sound connection.
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