On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:05:27 -0600, "Clark" wrote:

+How many of you have rushed out to get one of the Cold/Heat soldering irons.
+Runs off of 4 AA batteries WOW! allot of energy in those babies, most likely
+good for one PL259 soldering job.
+
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That type of soldering iron is not intended for that kind of use.
Instead it is actually a good iron for small surface area heating and
even surface mounted parts.

Alkaline AA batteries are rated between 1600 to 1900 milliamp/hour.

james