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Kyoshii
 
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Hot air stations

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Hi folks!

I'm looking at hot air stations in the store, and was wondering -- 5238 specifies that it's a "lead free" hot air gun; 1869 doesn't specify anything about leaded or lead free; does that mean the "lead free" one is itself lead free, or just that it's made for lead-free solder? Does the other one potentially have lead in it, or is it only good for leaded solder? I only see a 30C difference between them, so I wasn't sure...

Thanks in advance!

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both can be used with lead free solder, the bigger one is just going to be better at keeping high temperatures stable since its a beefier machine.

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Ahh, got it. Thanks!

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