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oldspark 
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If it's near freezing, wouldn't cold-soldering work better?
LOL. A recent discovery by me (d'oh!), I was tempted to make one. It might be a good use for those old motor & alternator brushes....
Alas I still use my ~40W Weller TC202D - circa 1970s vintage.
That was my second e-tool purchase after an (analog!) multimeter (for the same absolute price that they are today - namely $13.50 - well over $100-$200 in real terms now!).
Alas upon last use, 1 of the 3 Weller tip connector pins broke. I considered claiming under warranty, but some copper wire worked instead. I still use its original solder pad!
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I use a Blue point YAS1 butane soldering iron for just about everything I even used it to do my SMD conversion in my dash heats those 2mm leds up Very easily. Works great on Ign wires too if you crank it up even in cold weather. I also have a BernzOmatic pocket torch for Soldering Battery terminals on 4 and 0 AWG (there's no model number on it though).
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I just recently added the Weller WPA2 to my toolbox.

http://www.globaltestsupply.com/c/180/Weller_WPA2_Cordless_Butane_Soldering_Iron.html

I couldnt get it to heat up a constant12v wire with 3 addition 16 gauge wires attached. after talkin to howie, he showed me a method and it works great, now i know the trick. for those curious

1) tin the tip with solder

2) head up wire, let solder flow from tip onto wire.

Its hard to understand in words, but give it a shot.

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I've been using one of these for close to 10 years now.
SolderPro 120 Kit
No problem soldering ignition wires in a cold garage. Great product and good support if you ever need to call them for anything.
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Wow. Seems like everyone has something different.

Since I live in a small town and we're limited on what's available locally, I went to our local NAPA and this is the biggest one they had in stock.

http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Detail.aspx?R=BK_7702529_0254173349#

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that will work fine. its not as convienant since its not butane, but that 80w should get any job done.
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I may have to get me one of those little butane soldering irons. Those are pretty cool.

Just curious. Does the exhaust on those get hot enough to shrink shrink tubing? lol

tedmond 
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with the weller pyropen, you can get the tip changed from a soldering tip, to a heat shrink blower.

so to answer your question, yes it does get hot enough to heat shrink.

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