[ale] WAY OT: Electrical question...

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 16:54 -0500, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> I use a Weller soldering iron, but I always wet the sponge.  Am I 
> supposed to keep it dry?

The problem with it being wet is that it's not good to quickly cool the
tip by dumping it into cooler (than the tip) water.   I've always just
rammed my iron into steel wool a few times to clean it.  It worked for
me back then, and I've never heard of any problems it could have caused.

-Jim P.