I knew a guy once, took the thermostatic switch module out of a 2-way radio
transmitter crystal housing and wired it in series with his soldering iron.
Then he would adjust the proximity of heated soldering iron and switch to
maintain (a certain) temperature on the iron.

Bob Swinney
"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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wrote:

I like the idea of that switch. ... I would need a
triple size junction box to hald it and a duplex outlet.

Well, you could replace the receptacle with the switch and use a pigtail
in place of the receptacle. Bob