[Boatanchors] soldering iron safety

[GRANT YOUNGMAN]

I have a Hakko with auto sleep and auto power off function.  The “sleep” can sometimes be irritating while working if there’s too much time between solder joints,  but at least I never have to worry about whether (for the nth time) I've left the iron on heating the room for sometimes a couple of days.

I always ended up treating my soldering iron like (or so my wife says) the lights.  Never remember to turn them off :-)

Grant NQ5T




> On Jan 14, 2016, at 12:17 PM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Rob,
> 
> I guess I've been a safety nut for decades.
> 
> I never leave one on.  I always turn each of them off after using them.
> 
> This would be a good habit to develop.
>