actually, i have some metcal gear i bought on ebay, it heats up alarmingly quickly and of course has excellent temperature control. of course you have to buy it on ebay or be rich. what i've wondered is if the cold heat produces esd or induced voltage problems. i'm suspecting that it's induction heating which i could see being very bad for some electronics and requiring an insulated head and thus posing static problems beyond what something with a metal handle and tip would do assuming a conductive handle in your hand (which is hopefully usually close to ground or at least not to hard to get grounded). they do look cool, but i definitely want to know how they work first and what the tip is made out of. ------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hord" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:32 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Cold Heat? Hmmmm...... --------- > > Benefits: > > 1. Fast heat, which goes away equally fast. Solves that old "I > > need to make one connection, but I don't want to wait for the iron > > to heat up, and then avoid it while it's cooling on my desk" > > dilemma that I'm always faced with (at home, at least, where my > > desk space is limited). -------- _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist