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Amp Stuff => AmpTools/Tech Tips => Topic started by: plexi50 on January 19, 2010, 01:46:18 pm

Title: Old GE 85W Solder Iron
Post by: plexi50 on January 19, 2010, 01:46:18 pm

Some one brought this to me and said have a solder iron. I said H**l yeah! It's got to be from the 50's or early 60's

Had to put a new cord on it but it works and does solder and tack to a chassis without the solder getting cold or lumpy

I love this old stuff /

Title: Re: Old GE 85W Solder Iron
Post by: PRR on January 19, 2010, 04:25:55 pm

We bought one essentially just like that, even the funky cloth cord, in the 1990s. Except that one was 150 Watts. (There's a piece of a Steinway that gets soldered, and might need replacing after 50-100 years.) But it wasn't GE branded.

Title: Re: Old GE 85W Solder Iron
Post by: plexi50 on January 19, 2010, 04:41:25 pm

Im quessing at it's age but the old metal plug itself is all rusted out and the cord is crumbling to dust. Even the cloth is turning to dust /

Rated at 85 watts at 115 volts AC.