Gas soldering iron for Auto Sparky

[DOC 24V]

Hi CPF mebers,

I need a Gas Soldering Iron for general Auto Sparky work,joining 4mm

cable ect. I have used a 120watt Snap-On Gas irons before with not

mucth joy, not hot enough & blocked gas jets making it hard to light.

I need a chisel tip or angle tip about 3mm at least. I have seen 185 watt

gas irons but not in shops in Australia, I have not problem inporting on

form OS but want value for money!

Thanks Dan from OZ.

 

[precisionworks]

Dan,

I've never seen a gas (butane) soldering iron, but found this information after a few searches: http://www.dansdata.com/portasol.htm

 

[DOC 24V]

Thanks for the info precisionworks.


That is the type of iron I'm after but two small,

I'm after some feed back or other products simillar to

this 185Watt Iroda Gas Iron

http://www.tcdirect.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=75

 

[65535]

Butane torch, skip straight past an iron joining large parts. Some people even use an O/A (oxy/fuel) torch for soldering large gauge wire.

 

[wyager]

Butane torch, skip straight past an iron joining large parts. Some people even use an O/A (oxy/fuel) torch for soldering large gauge wire.

Yeah, if you need in the hundreds of watts range just use a cheap-o home depot butane (or maybe even MAPP gas?) torch.

 

[alpg88]

i used Weller pyropen in my shop, great tool, costly thou, about $100, my buddy had a snap on propane iron, both were great, his was a bit smaller, but my pyropen held more gas, and had a bit bigger tip. it came with soldering tip, and tourch tip.
now i have radioshack butane iron, even thou it is cheap tool, it still works fine, after about a year, it still get the job done, it worth $20 i paid for it.
if you use it a lot i'd suggest weller or snap on, for occasional use, radio shack iron will work fine,
just stay away from those electric, and cold heat, irons, they are crap.

 

[65535]

I won't even bother using an iron with anything over 10 guage. Admittedly I don't have a good 200-1000 watt large tipped iron, but at that point it's easier to carefully use a torch, it's not much different to sweating a copper pipe.

 

[gadget_lover]

4MM is about 6 guage wire. Isn't that typoically crimped and not soldered? They make special crimping tools for large sized wires too.

Some old timers used a large tip unpowered iron that was heated by a blow-torch.

Daniel

 

[DOC 24V]

Thanks for the replys.

I have a map gas torch for soldering larger cables & battery cable crimpers for crimping lugs on to 6 gauge- 000 cable.

I am a tradesman with 14 years experience and now run my own busness,
I solder every day with a wella 80 watt 240 volt iron with a 5mm chisel tip for general wiring repairs on trucks ect.

I am just after a alternative to the 80 watt electric iron for every day use on site. The largest Snap On iron is unreliable & some times not hot enough probably due to blocked jets.

 

[Foxx510]

The bigger Weller Pyropen works great, but the two I've had only seem to last a few years with hard use before they start to sputter a bit and get a bit finnicky. That's even with using the Weller gas. When they work though they are fantastic. WES components sell them, assuming you have an account there.

 

[Packhorse]

I have a Weller Pyropen and have used it every working day for the last 15+ years installing car stereos, alarms, phone kits etc.
They are not cheap to buy or to maintain. I have probably spent 2 or 3 times the cost price in maintainace.
Tips need replacing from time to time, Piezo's fail, cermaics crack when dropped while hot, filters get blocked. But they can all be replaced.