"Cold heat" soldering?

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, James wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, James wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, John Foust wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I'd seen the commercials for this instant-on battery-powered
> > > soldering iron and wondered if I should add it to my tool box.
> > >
> > > I saw this FAQ on Thinkgeek:
> >
> > I fucking thought so. I've been trying to figger out how it works and the
> > only answer I could come up with is that there is no heat, just a dead
> > short that makes the object-to-be-soldered get hot.
>
> I appologize for my language, I thought I was replying to a different list
> where such language isn't uncommon.

Don't worry, the Puritans here will somehow manage to maintain.

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