• orb360@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    A pinecil is 25$ and a 40kmah battery pack is 35$, so the combination… 60-70 bucks.

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      2 months ago

      I’ve never used one but I just looked up the specs and it looks like it maxs out at 75 watts. Is that enough to keep it hot with like 16 gauge wires?

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        2 months ago

        The pinecil will go up to 126w if you have a capable power supply. I am going to be honest though, 16awg isn’t that large. A 45w iron could probably handle that fine if you are ok with waiting a but for your wires to get up to temp.

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            2 months ago

            Is it actually a 60w iron or does it only hit that current when heating from roomtemp and not when keeping the tip on temperature?

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              2 months ago

              Sorry I thought it was 60 cause that was the newest one but looked at mine it’s the haklo station 70w. Pretty sure it’s 70w but could be just 70w at startup.