Ghostalmedia to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoiFixit wants to fix the soldering ironwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down115
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minus-squareThe PantserlinkfedilinkEnglish14•edit-29 months agoBuild a 18650 battery bank and plug in a pinecil or ts100. A solder iron with a 18650 would be heavy and uncomfortable for soldering.
minus-square@Zak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoI would accept a bit of an awkward balance for being self-contained.
minus-square@lefixxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoIf you need to not have a cable, the butane ones would be a better fit.
minus-square@Zak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoHaving used a butane iron before, I don’t think it would. They don’t have the temperature control modern digital irons can, and they’re forbidden on flights.
minus-square@Munkisquisher@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoYou’d want more than one cell. You’d be pulling 23amps from a 4.2v 18650 to give the same 100w at 20v power as you get from a top usbpd power supply. There are 18650s that do 30 amps for short bursts, but it would get as hot as the iron and be empty in 5 min
Build a 18650 battery bank and plug in a pinecil or ts100. A solder iron with a 18650 would be heavy and uncomfortable for soldering.
I would accept a bit of an awkward balance for being self-contained.
If you need to not have a cable, the butane ones would be a better fit.
Having used a butane iron before, I don’t think it would. They don’t have the temperature control modern digital irons can, and they’re forbidden on flights.
You’d want more than one cell. You’d be pulling 23amps from a 4.2v 18650 to give the same 100w at 20v power as you get from a top usbpd power supply.
There are 18650s that do 30 amps for short bursts, but it would get as hot as the iron and be empty in 5 min