[sdiy] problematic sh101

[harrybissell]

Don't bang your head against the wall (let US do that for you :^)

There are some temperature controlled irons that use a thermal sensor
in the (small) tip... and a very large, fast responding heater.  When you
touch the tip to the work, it cools and the heater springs into high gear
to get the heat.

I use a 1/8" chisel tip, which has a lot of thermal mass so the effect is
the same.
BTW, if you use the EDGE rather than the flat of the tip, it is pretty
small.
I also use teflon sleeving over bare wire... that WILL not melt at
soldering
terperatures so I CAN get touch adjacent parts without damage.

A note for Ruud... the tips are made of copper (usually) with a iron
plating ot cladding...
it is quite possible to push hard enough to wear the tip... in fact that is
the usual cause of
death...

H^) harry

Senso wrote:

> > > Maybe a stupid question, maybe I miss the right diy background, but
> > > how do I get more heat without raising the temperature?
> > > Cold fusion?
> > >
> > > Senso
> >
> >Larger iron = more thermal mass = more heat at a given temperature
> >than a smaller iron.
> >--
> >john
>
> Damn! (banging head against wall).
> I didn't take a bigger poker into consideration. Imagined somehow
> more heat coming from the same tip with the same temperature, which
> didn't make much sense.
>
> Thanks!  :-)
> Senso
>
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