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Phil Allison[_3_] Phil Allison[_3_] is offline
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Default Ungar 9911 soldering iron info?

Adrian Caspersz wrote:


Anybody know how these work?


Probably it's a diode, and an auto-ranging DMM showing forward voltage
not resistance.


** Diodes have a strong negative temperature co-efficient, about -2mV per C for silicon types. Plus cannot tolerate temps above 200C at all.



..... Phil