heat gun/torch for heat shrink terminals?
- Thread starter Gene Neill
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Very careful application of something like this:
https://www.harborfreight.com/butane-micro-torch-63170.html
they are on "sale" for less often..
https://www.harborfreight.com/butane-micro-torch-63170.html
they are on "sale" for less often..
Here’s a version of Claude’s suggestion that includes a shrink tip:
https://www.zoro.com/master-applian...utane-w-tip-mt-51h/i/G1032202/#specifications
Now if they just made a line cutting tip!
https://www.zoro.com/master-applian...utane-w-tip-mt-51h/i/G1032202/#specifications
Now if they just made a line cutting tip!
So I got a chance to try the Ancor mini torch today. When I first opened it up, my heart sank when I saw that the butane supply is just an ordinary cigarette lighter, which is inserted into the handle. But it is actually head and shoulders above the Bernzomatic mini. The Ancor gets up to temp almost instantly, and does the job in half the time of the Bernzo.
I may end up liking the heat gun better, but this thing is pretty cool.
I may end up liking the heat gun better, but this thing is pretty cool.
Refilling it is kinda a trip too
It works pretty well but the flame is too hot and over too small an area to do heat shrink very well I have found. But it is cordless and small so it definitely has it's pluses.
It works pretty well but the flame is too hot and over too small an area to do heat shrink very well I have found. But it is cordless and small so it definitely has it's pluses.
Yeah, you'd think for $40 (I told you I paid too much!) the cigarette lighter wouldn't be EMPTY straight out of the box.
No. You fill it, but it holds a lot. I really like it. I got the mini torch with my big BSP kit, and it was useless. This big Bernzo was worth it. It includes a soldering tip, but I haven’t used it.
Ordered this thing today from Amazon, has all the assessories; solder/heat shrink/hot knife. Can’t have too many tools that shoot flame and set stuff on fire!
Power Probe MT Micro Torch
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Probe-...548017255&sr=8-3&keywords=Mt+butane+soldering
Power Probe MT Micro Torch
https://www.amazon.com/Power-Probe-...548017255&sr=8-3&keywords=Mt+butane+soldering
Ive got lots of tools on board but my boat, but disposable butane matches are the only thing that throws a flame. Quite a statement from a guy who uses a weed burner and 5 gal propane tank to start the wood stove in the family rm.
Les
Les, in Gunni's defense, the directions said nothing about opening the door first.
Sorry for the missundersyanding. I’m the one using a weed burner in the house. But no flame throwing on the boat
Les
Les
Always heat gun, what can happen is that you can overheat the adhesive seal on the shrink tubing or connector and lose the waterproofing thus elimating the reason for the heat shrink in the first place