{"id":934,"date":"2013-05-24T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2013-05-24T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T17:58:17","slug":"qa-how-hot-does-a-eletro-tek-soldering-iron-for-home-projects-heat-up-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"Q&amp;A: How hot does a Eletro-Tek soldering iron for home projects heat up to?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;margin:5px;font-size:80%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"consumer product recalls\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2402\/2497497796_8746b2bcb9_m.jpg\" width=\"160\"\/><br \/> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26601145@N04\/2497497796\">Public Citizen<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><i>Question by bbygrl37n05<\/i>: How hot does a Eletro-Tek soldering iron for home projects heat up to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>Answer by Teddy Bear<\/i><br \/>Soldering Irons Recalled by Custom Accessories<br \/>\nPRODUCT: Soldering Iron &#8211; Custom Accessories Inc. of Niles, Ill., is recalling about 20,000 Electro-Tek soldering irons. These soldering irons were sold under the Electro-Tek brand name, and have part number 10764W. Both the brand name and part number are written only on the packaging. The soldering iron has a black plastic handle and is packaged on a white card with black, yellow and red accents. There is a silver label on the soldering irons with &#8220;UL&#8221; written in red. They were sold exclusively in Walmart stores nationwide between October 1998 and November 1998 for about . <\/p>\n<p>PROBLEM: The internal connections in the soldering iron are not insulated, presenting a shock and electrocution hazard. <\/p>\n<p>INCIDENTS\/INJURIES: None reported. <\/p>\n<p>WHAT TO DO: Consumers should stop using the soldering iron immediately and return it to Walmart for a refund or a replacement soldering iron. For more information, consumers should call Custom Accessories Inc. toll free at (800) 962-6676 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CST Monday through Friday. Electro-Tek soldering irons with different part numbers are not affected by this recall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give your answer to this question below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Public Citizen Question by bbygrl37n05: How hot does a Eletro-Tek soldering iron for home projects heat up to? Best answer: Answer by Teddy BearSoldering Irons Recalled by Custom Accessories PRODUCT: Soldering Iron &#8211; Custom Accessories Inc. of Niles, Ill., is recalling about 20,000 Electro-Tek soldering irons. These soldering irons were sold under the Electro-Tek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2456,2459,1350,1186,2458,2457],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recalls","tag-eletrotek","tag-heat","tag-home","tag-iron","tag-projects","tag-soldering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faultorfeature.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}