Like the title says, are there any battery powered soldering irons worth buying?
Thinking of semi-production work load but infrequent use between, like extending cables to a new controller location, PCB repair, and so-on. So comparable work time to a decent gas soldering iron if possible.
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Originally Posted by stability
Battery-powered soldering irons are gadgets for children between six and ten years. Like battery-powered cars, lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners.
I'm more of a plug-in electric kind of guy when it comes to my soldering iron but from what I hear the Milwaukee battery powered one is an excellent tool and a heck of a lot better than any of the butane ones which rarely work well for long.
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I would guess it would have to be ON without use for over 30min before you would have issues.. it heats up so fast, no need to leave it on.
Prob wouldn't want to leave it on needlessly if your going battery power. Good iron takes a few watts. Still seems stupid that it would kill itself. Even a $15 dollar radioshack iron would be fine left on for a week. More likely to burn the place down before it fails if anything else.
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