In Reply to: Variac posted by waterfall on April 26, 2017 at 04:56:01:
It will be more versatile. Besides slow power up i plug my soldering iron it to fine control the temperature and also to avoid thermal shock to the plated tip. I usually replace the fuse with a 5 or 6 amp rated one as a safety measure to prevent new years type shorts.
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- RE:Get the Hi wattage unit if you can afford it - DAK 11:26:19 04/26/17 (7)
- prevent new years type shorts. - Uncle Mike 06:25:01 04/27/17 (6)
- create a major short! - waterfall 08:03:36 11/28/18 (1)
- RE: create a major short! - 6bq5 10:23:58 11/28/18 (0)
- RE: I meant fireworks, silly! - DAK 13:59:46 05/01/17 (0)
- Although this is my favorite Asylum - 1973shovel 09:49:33 04/28/17 (0)
- Thanks for that :) - caffeinator 12:12:15 04/27/17 (0)
- RE: prevent new years type shorts. - DAK 09:34:22 04/27/17 (0)