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Solder sucker of death

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Had this arrive today thought it would of come in handy but I'm too scared to even hold onto it lol.no earth for a start but it does have an alligator clip and a thin wire to run the tip to an antistatic earth on your bench .powered it up started out with 8Vs on the tip and slowly started rising then could smell plastic the power wires are touching the outer metal sleave and starting to smoke volts creeping higher now 14v that's enough for me unplugged it before it tripped a fuse it can go in the bin lol
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If Its Got Gas Or Ass Count Me In.if it cant be fixed with a hammer you have an electrical problem
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I thought you kiwis where tough?... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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There's tough and then there's stupid I learnt years ago that stupid hurts lol
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But the sticker says its ok.
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Haha got refunded but might try make it safe to use
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Sticker says OK but the plug says no way. Another quality Chinese product.
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delcowizzid wrote:There's tough and then there's stupid I learnt years ago that stupid hurts lol
Hurts the wallet too.
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This is sad as they USED to make quality products once upon a time.

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Yea, with pride and made to last ...
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It sounds like it's getting too much voltage. I got a great deal (about a million years ago) on a variable transformer. Had a busted Bakelite knob on top that I promptly epoxied back together.

It has come in handy so many times I can't even count. I also have a small isolation transformer I plug the variable transformer into so the output is isolated from the mains. Something like this might help if you can find one.
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