ColdHeat Soldering Iron

[iago]

Only download if you really want to see me trying to burn myself: www.javaop.com/~iago/coldheat.mpg

Yet another Christmas gift for me.  I feel so powerful now that I can........ solder!!

[Blaze]

Only download if you really want to see me trying to burn myself: www.javaop.com/~iago/coldheat.mpg

Yet another Christmas gift for me.  I feel so powerful now that I can........ solder!!

or if we want to waste your bandwith. ;)

Isn't it a mechanical device that cools it down?

[Sidoh]

Only download if you really want to see me trying to burn myself: www.javaop.com/~iago/coldheat.mpg

Yet another Christmas gift for me.  I feel so powerful now that I can........ solder!!

or if we want to waste your bandwith. ;)

Isn't it a mechanical device that cools it down?

Are you telling me you don't know what a soldering iron is?

[d&q]

Isn't it a mechanical device that cools it down?

Don't be fooled by the name, ColdHeat is a brand. :P

[iago]

Isn't it a mechanical device that cools it down?

No, it just has a really really low (or high?) specific heat.  It has 2 forks, and when they're bridged it heats up super fast.  As soon as you remove the heat, it cools off super fast.  It's just a property of the compound they use to make the tip. 

[Blaze]

Isn't it a mechanical device that cools it down?

No, it just has a really really low (or high?) specific heat.  It has 2 forks, and when they're bridged it heats up super fast.  As soon as you remove the heat, it cools off super fast.  It's just a property of the compound they use to make the tip. 

Oh, awesome. :)

[Sidoh]

No, it just has a really really low (or high?) specific heat.  It has 2 forks, and when they're bridged it heats up super fast.  As soon as you remove the heat, it cools off super fast.  It's just a property of the compound they use to make the tip. 

Low specific heat.  High means it retains its thermal energy and it takes a lot of energy to change it.

[iago]

No, it just has a really really low (or high?) specific heat.  It has 2 forks, and when they're bridged it heats up super fast.  As soon as you remove the heat, it cools off super fast.  It's just a property of the compound they use to make the tip. 

Low specific heat.  High means it retains its thermal energy and it takes a lot of energy to change it.

Somehow, I knew you'd be the one who told me.  It's been a long time since highschool chemistry, but I was pretty sure it was low.  It goes from extremely hot to room temperature in about 2 seconds. 

[Chavo]

Those things don't get hot enough for most of my applications :/

[iago]

It depends what you're soldering.  If you're doing pipes or something, then yeah, you need a torch.  But if you're doing electronics (which is what I needed it for), it works beautifully.

[Chavo]

Well, most of my applications are either small chip-to-board jobs (when finalizing something that has been on a breadboard for a while) or non-computer oriented electronics for which we use this amazing solder with a hollow core.  At the right temperature it is so incredibly easy compared to the micro-soldering jobs required for chips/small capacitors/etc.  I'm not sure how the batterly life is on those, but I doubt you could do a full project without recharging/swapping the batteries.

Sounds like its great for a hobbiest though.

[Sidoh]

Somehow, I knew you'd be the one who told me.  It's been a long time since highschool chemistry, but I was pretty sure it was low.  It goes from extremely hot to room temperature in about 2 seconds. 

Haha.  I remember it from Physics.  Chemistry's a blur from last year; I didn't much care for my teacher.

[Joe]

Somehow, I knew you'd be the one who told me. It's been a long time since highschool chemistry, but I was pretty sure it was low. It goes from extremely hot to room temperature in about 2 seconds.

Haha. I remember it from Physics. Chemistry's a blur from last year; I didn't much care for my teacher.

Grammar nazi, switch care and much around.

[deadly7]

No, "much care" works.  You need to read more, Joe.

Ugh, I was in an electronics class 1st term this school year.  The class blew big hairy balls.  The kits that we were supposed to make were really easy to do, and required no knowledge about anything.. just following a friggin diagram and directions (plug 18k OHM Resistor into A7 and B5) and that's all it was.  Then when we finally get to solder some stuff, the dipshit druggies in the class just solder over and over and get big globs of it and then throw it around after it hardened, so guess what: we use up a whole fucking ROLL of solder in one day.  So for one of my kits when I was goofing around (finished in 3 days, heh had 2 left) I was putting a speaker together for fun and the one of the wires was frayed and the other was like, short as fuck.. so I had to solder the frayed wire together and guess what, we didn't have any solder!  I hate public school.

[iago]

Well, most of my applications are either small chip-to-board jobs (when finalizing something that has been on a breadboard for a while) or non-computer oriented electronics for which we use this amazing solder with a hollow core.  At the right temperature it is so incredibly easy compared to the micro-soldering jobs required for chips/small capacitors/etc.  I'm not sure how the batterly life is on those, but I doubt you could do a full project without recharging/swapping the batteries.

Sounds like its great for a hobbiest though.

Yeah, I've never done chip-to-board soldering, and I doubt I ever will.  I don't plan on being more than a hobbiest, and yep, it's a great tool. 

I have no clue how long the batteries last, but it takes 4 AA batteries, which is quite a bit, so it probably has at least a decent life.