Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 12:24:55 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
Are you saying that leaving it on for the night saves more than turning it off?
Electronics Forum | Fri May 18 08:54:08 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
The energy used to remelt the pot is less than the engery required to keep it molten all night.
Electronics Forum | Fri May 18 10:04:58 EDT 2007 | realchunks
SOunds we need our version of Myth Busters.
Electronics Forum | Wed May 23 10:35:13 EDT 2007 | cokedigits
dat funny, pr U PHAT
Electronics Forum | Tue May 29 22:04:05 EDT 2007 | cokedigits
The teacher at DeVry gave cred for ac circuitclass though I never show up.
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 10:22:45 EDT 2007 | hussman
We do have the video of you with your pants on fire....
Electronics Forum | Fri Jun 08 14:36:30 EDT 2007 | chrisawallace
Darby, you sure you didn't mean "liar, liar, PLANT'S on fire?"
Electronics Forum | Fri Jul 25 15:12:43 EDT 2008 | wavemasterlarry
You will incure costs to warm it up agin. I think thats what everyone here is posting.
Electronics Forum | Thu May 17 10:47:36 EDT 2007 | floydf
My boss posed me an interesting question: would it save energy to leave the wave solder machine on all night instead of turning it off each night? We run 1 shift, and have timers on our machines. My instinct is that it would be cheaper to turn off th
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 05 10:07:26 EDT 2007 | stepheniii
I think the point the others are missing is that the solder gives off the exact amount of heat required to melt it when it goes solid. That is the heat it gives off when going solid equals the heat it takes to melt it. And while the solidifying solde
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