IsaacT
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So, if you need to use heatshrink tubing for a build, and you should, but you don't have a heatgun, I think I have found a solution for you....just depends on how nice you are methinks. Also, bic lighters DO NOT work, they'll f*** up a diode faster than you can say lase.:can:
So after killing my first PHR diode with a bic lighter(you didn't think I would advise without experience would you? :na I realized I needed a heatgun. But I don't have barrels o' cash hangin around, so I got to thinking about alterntives.:thinking: And thats when I remembered that we use heatguns at Office Depot to shrinkwrap product.:drool: So I connected all my wires(with heatshrink tubing in place) and took my project up to Office Depot and used the heat gun there to shrink the heatshrink tubing.
Now, I do work there, so I didn't even have to ask, but I am sure if you don't work at a place that has a heat gun for shrinkwrapping products, you could go up to a place that does and maybe if you ask reeeeeal nice and explain your dilemna(and maybe buy something cheap so it makes you a customer) they might let you use theirs....just an alternative for those of us who have no heatgun, no money, and would rather not have problems.
Peace,
Isaac
So after killing my first PHR diode with a bic lighter(you didn't think I would advise without experience would you? :na I realized I needed a heatgun. But I don't have barrels o' cash hangin around, so I got to thinking about alterntives.:thinking: And thats when I remembered that we use heatguns at Office Depot to shrinkwrap product.:drool: So I connected all my wires(with heatshrink tubing in place) and took my project up to Office Depot and used the heat gun there to shrink the heatshrink tubing.
Now, I do work there, so I didn't even have to ask, but I am sure if you don't work at a place that has a heat gun for shrinkwrapping products, you could go up to a place that does and maybe if you ask reeeeeal nice and explain your dilemna(and maybe buy something cheap so it makes you a customer) they might let you use theirs....just an alternative for those of us who have no heatgun, no money, and would rather not have problems.
Peace,
Isaac