Originally Posted by
nemiro
15W or higher should do. Make sure you have a wet sponge, or at least a wet paper towel (folded up) to wipe the tip on. Use a rosin core lead solder, and you should be all set. 30AWG wire will do the trick.
Thanks for the tips I will report back ASAP. I have all the supplies except for the small iron.
Update, the iron came in less than 24 hours, now I have no excuse.
I finally managed to fix my hot tub, it lost heat. A $32 solenoid failed which I found out by accident as it was well hidden. This will prevent the possibility of a 1,500 litre ice cube. The insulation is pretty good though, it dropped nearly 40 deg.F in three weeks. Thankfully the weather has been warmer than normal, no snow on the ground it was 10 deg. when I got up, hooray for global warming, who needs electric cars anyway?