Hello! I'm new here and in fact I don't really have any knowladge of electroincs. I would love to learn about it though and hope to pick up alot of information in these forums. Really I would just like you to know that I have a limited understanding of electronics.
Anyway! I bought ones of those Cold Heat soldering irons and it works pretty well. I was however kinda irritated at the fact that it only had battery power. So i decided to hook up an input to accept an AC/DC power transformer. All went well with hooking it up and everything "works", but it dosen't work very well. It it doesn't get very hot. The cold heat soldering iron takes 4 AA batteries. So I had a power pack laying around that was 6V output at 450mA. So in my thinking I don't have enough Amps from my supply to work the iron properly. Could this be the problem? If so, how can I find out how many amps the 4 AA batteries supply so I know what I need? Any help is great!
PS: Sorry if this question is obvious or I show a great deal of ignorance.
Anyway! I bought ones of those Cold Heat soldering irons and it works pretty well. I was however kinda irritated at the fact that it only had battery power. So i decided to hook up an input to accept an AC/DC power transformer. All went well with hooking it up and everything "works", but it dosen't work very well. It it doesn't get very hot. The cold heat soldering iron takes 4 AA batteries. So I had a power pack laying around that was 6V output at 450mA. So in my thinking I don't have enough Amps from my supply to work the iron properly. Could this be the problem? If so, how can I find out how many amps the 4 AA batteries supply so I know what I need? Any help is great!
PS: Sorry if this question is obvious or I show a great deal of ignorance.