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Cordless heatguns or alternatives?
Hi all,
so, your out on site fitting or removing some vehicle graphics, 100m + from any power points or its simply a 2 minute job and would take 15 minutes for the dealership to find the keys…
Has anyone seen or know of a cordless heat gun? OR does anyone have any clever alternatives – i.e a power inverter and 240v socket in their van. The only stubbling block I can see is having enough power for the 2000w heatgun.
Just wondering what options are out there.
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9 Replies
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I have fitted an invertor in my van with an auxiliary battery for jobs like that! Works a treat
Regards mark
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Self lighting Gas blow torch , works a treat, not that popular here but very popular in the states, look on YouTube you’ll see loads of guys using them on wrap vids
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Ian have you tried to explain the use to the insurance company heat gun is bad enough.
I have used one, but don’t think a watching customer would appreciate it
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Nothing they can say Chris,
I’m a professional in my field of work using a tool that’s required by my profession to get a quality job done,thats what they insure.
the plumber type ones are switch based, they stop work as soon as you take your finger off the switch, less dangerous than a heat gun TBH. -
Quite agree with you Ian and think they are safer in some ways but not by the insurance company I spoke to about it.
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back in the day you used to be able to go to B&Q and get a heat gun which looked like a regular heat gun which was run on the calor gas bottles from camping stoves…shame they stopped making them, they were great.
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What insurance Company was that Chris? Not had a problem myself & have been using one on & off for years. Only problem I ever had getting insurance with a gas appliance was the workshop heater that used a big propane bottle.
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There is one available, as we bought one recently. It doesnt have the flame like the ones those American wrap guys use
http://www.hilltop-products.co.uk/heat- … 0vJrfldV8E
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I currently use a rothenburger surefire 2 automatic ( plumbers style self igniting gas touch ) It does give a naked flame. Unfortunately I’ve been asked to stop using it on two sites now. ( when doing fleet vehicles ) Basically each site has said no naked flames due to their H and S policy and insurance ( we are not talking about oil refineries here either, just bog standard fleet depots )
However on both occasions its worked in my favour as it means I cannot finish the job and they have to pull the vehicles inside like they were supposed to in the first place !
I have also invested in a 2.7kva kipour silent generator which I carry in the van. I would never ever run a heat gun off an invertor running off your vehicle battery, thats just asking for trouble !Thanks for the link Jon, that looks like a great bit of kit how do you find using it, is the heat instant ? It looks like it runs off the standard lighter fuel replacement cans ?
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