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Soldering iron controller

This is my cheap soldering iron controller for the benefit of hackaday readers in response to this post.

It is simply a cheap lamp dimmer, wire nutted to the cord about 8″ back from the plug.  It works very well.  It was borne out of a need to solder thin paper phenolic boards without causing them to delaminate.  The iron is only 30 watts, well below the dimmer’s rated 600 watt maximum.

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