[BC] Irons for silver soldering copper strap

[Alan Alsobrook]

I've never tried to use an iron on strap, just not enough heat. What I 
do use is a oxy/mapp torch. I had been using one of the small ones you 
get from the home improvement stores, but recently during a ground 
system project I upgraded to a full commercial system. I first used 
oxy/acetylene but found that it took no time to run out of acetylene, 
and thus was quite expensive. After going through 2 tanks of gas I next 
bought mapp gas and found it works great and lasts forever. Looking at 
the comparison charts for the 2 fuels, mapp burns with almost the same 
heat and temperature as acetylene, (not enough difference to notice) and 
is more stable and far less expensive. Since mapp is a liquefied gas, 
rather than a dissolved gas you don't have to guess how much you have 
left, just pick up the bottle and shake it.

Jason Houts wrote:
> Hi Guys!
> 
> Where are you buying your high temp soldering irons for copper strap?
> Remember the old large wood handle electric irons from back in the day?

-- 
Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD CBNT
St. Augustine Fl. 32086 904-829-8885
aalso at Bellsouth.net