Re: [IRCA] Repairing the beverage

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick

A 100-150 watt soldering iron should work OK at that distance, assuming 
your extension cords are #14 or larger.  There would be loss of about 
4-5 volts, which wouldn't be enough to matter.

Bruce

Patrick Martin wrote:
> 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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