"Cold heat" soldering?

From: James <james_at_jdfogg.com>
Date: Wed Jan 12 08:46:26 2005

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, John Foust wrote:

>
> I'd seen the commercials for this instant-on battery-powered
> soldering iron and wondered if I should add it to my tool box.
>
> I saw this FAQ on Thinkgeek:

I fucking thought so. I've been trying to figger out how it works and the
only answer I could come up with is that there is no heat, just a dead
short that makes the object-to-be-soldered get hot.
Received on Wed Jan 12 2005 - 08:46:26 GMT