• Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world
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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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      1 month 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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          1 month 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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            1 month 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.