My Eff-too

[silverstrom]

You also need the bigger sized glue gun. Ive blown a couple up already doing this. Cheap enough on ebay tho.

The glue gun that came with one of my Chinese made kits caught fire...in my house! It was plugged in and doing its thing and I walked out of the room. I came back a minute later just in time to see it go up in one big flash and then flames. Just lucky I came back to it when I did. That's what cheap Chinese crap gets you.

[JonW]

Eeek!

One of mine shot out a massive yellow/red spark and tripped the electrics... That one was chinese crap bought from a bricks n mortar shop here branded and priced like a swiss one. hmm... I have a cheap one now, but i never leave stuff like this alone, guess you wont either now John! :(

[kpke]

I was replacing an irrigation valve out in the front. After replacing I soldered the wires, then wire nutted, and the last step is sealing the wire nut with hot melt. I was holding it applying the glue when it shorted and exploded in my hand. Freaked me out and I instantly threw the fuker. It tripped a breaker and of course the glue gun was all black and destroyed. No damage to me other than I think I banged my knee jumping out of my skin. Lesson learned: wear leather yard glove when using these POS things. I have no idea where it came from.

I just ordered the "top one" John linked on amazon prime. And a new glue gun

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BR ... UTF8&psc=1

Thanks guys

[JonW]

Welcome to the club Ken!

I just ordered a small slide hammer and tabs and then also a set of alloy tabs as they looked like they might be useful.