[IRCA] Repairing the beverage

[mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)]

Greetngs,

After our storms this Winter, especially the big one in early December,
the Eastern beverage got busted up and it took me several weeks to
finally get it back up. It was too cold and wet to solder the splices so
I just twisted the splices and taped then up for the time being. I got
out yesterday and soldered two splices, as we were up into the 50s F, so
my little butane soldering pencil worked okey, but there was a wind, so
keeping it lit was not always easy. I was thinking of buying another 250
feet of outdoor extention cord to give me 500 feet total. With that, I
would have enough to reach the other splices that aren't soldered on the
beverage. I have a Radio Shack soldering gun (100/140 watts). Would the
soldering gun work running it through that much extention cord? If so,
would it harm the transformer in the gun? I fiqure a A/C soldering
pencil would not be harmed as there is no tranformer, but I don't have
A/C soldering pencil that has much wattage. The gun would work better.
With a pencil, if the voltage dropped too low the pencil would not get
hot enough, but with the transforer in the gun, I have no clue. Does
anyone know? If running 500 feet of extention cord would work, I will go
buy another 250 feet. I have run the soldering gun through 200 feet of
cord and that worked ok.   I also have a deep cycle 12V battery I could
use with an 120v inverter, but thing weighs 70 pounds and not that easy
to carry.  Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager

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