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   Message 71,279 of 72,318   
   George Herold to Rodney Pont   
   Re: Pretty useless soldering iron   
   18 Jun 19 11:27:30   
   
   From: gherold@teachspin.com   
      
   On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 3:01:04 PM UTC-4, Rodney Pont wrote:   
   > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:28:53 -0700, Banders wrote:   
   >   
   > >The elements in our electric oven sure glow at temperatures lower than   
   > >572 degrees F.   
   >   
   > I bet they don't. The oven is set at a lower temperature but the   
   > heating elements get much hotter than that otherwise they would never   
   > be able to get the volume of air up to 572.   
      
   My soldering iron tip runs at 700 F.  It doesn't glow, even with the lights   
   out.   
      
   George H.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Regards - Rodney Pont   
   > The from address exists but is mostly dumped,   
   > please send any emails to the address below   
   > e-mail	rpont (at) gmail (dot) com   
      
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