Thread: USB "power injector" for USB host mode
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2006-01-10 , 16:59
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Originally Posted by NokNok770
This thing sucks...don't buy one if you planning. It has a built in light, but when you use the soldering iron, the light flickers making it almost impossible to see. And the tip...you gotta place this thing exactly right or it won't work...the tip is too big. Oh and the wire stripper....sometimes it doesn't do it right...and for small wire it just cuts it.
The instructions are clear: You can't treat it like a "normal soldering iron." I broke it by pressing down too hard and snapping the tip. Grr.

And yes - you have to hold it JUST RIGHT. It's useless for PCB soldering really ... but makes fast work out of little wire jobs like this. If you do it right. Heh.
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