Rico Sapolich wrote:

> If you want to keep at it tonight and IF you know something about 120V.
> circuits, try a small lamp (aka, lightbulb) in series with your soldering
> iron.  A 30 watt lamp, if there is such a thing, should just about give you
> 15 watts on the iron.  Also, 25 or 40 watt lamps should get you in the
> ballpark.

This is a great suggestion. The light bulb acts like a current limiter. It is
variable resistance device (the higher the current, the greater the resistance)
and a fuse (if the current gets too high the light bulb burns out).
-Larry