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Default How to shrink heat shrink tubing?

On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:13:26 -0700, William Sommerwerck wrote:
Isn't there a burning bush in your vicinity?


The problem is that fairly high temperatures are needed, well above what a
lighter or hair dryer put out. Lighters, in particular, will burn the tubing
before shrinking it.


If you need more heat than what a blow dryer will do, the HS is defective.