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Old Tech
One other question. How long should a tip last, and what would cause one to degrade?...type of solder?, temp setting?, how long you leave it on?, etc.
How long? depends on all of the above. For me if I'm not using it, it's not on. Unless you hard wire your batts. (pre lipo days) I don't see a reason to have it on if you're not using it. And at the track if it's not on people don't want to borrow it!!
