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It had been hard-wired to a 20V 4.5A (90W) power supply and the nichrome wire had been burnt-through. | It had been hard-wired to a 20V 4.5A (90W) power supply and the nichrome wire had been burnt-through. | ||
The installed nichrome wire is 0.8mm in diameter. | The newly installed nichrome wire is 0.8mm in diameter. | ||
The tool was changed to have a female 5.5mm x 2.1mm DC barrel-jack and was successfully used by feeding ~9V 5A (~45W) into the jack using an adjustable multi-voltage power supply (personally owned, not from Protospace). It is intended to locate a spare 9V/5A power supply and attach that power supply to the tool for future users. | The tool was changed to have a female 5.5mm x 2.1mm DC barrel-jack and was successfully used by feeding ~9V 5A (~45W) into the jack using an adjustable multi-voltage power supply (personally owned, not from Protospace). It is intended to locate a spare 9V/5A power supply and attach that power supply to the tool for future users. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
NOTE: Cutting polystyrene (both EPS or XPS) foam or plastics of any kind will produce dangerous and toxic fumes. For this reason it is strongly urged that this tool not be used within Protospace, and only when wearing a proper respirator | NOTE: Cutting polystyrene (both EPS or XPS) foam or plastics of any kind will produce dangerous and toxic fumes. For this reason it is strongly urged that this tool not be used within Protospace, and only when wearing a proper respirator; Use this tool only behind the building in the parking area. | ||
==Troubleshooting== | ==Troubleshooting== | ||