Yeah just how hot was that soldering iron because the time I soldered my finger (instead of the electronics) it didn't do much for me erotically. Infact it would be fair to say it hurt quite a bit and left reasonable size burns for quite a while. 400C is fucking hot you know!

Same goes for that hot wire. How hot are we talking here.

Please realise I'm not saying it was a stupid thing to do or that you shouldn't have done it. I am just intrigued. If that iron was at full temperature, that is quite an impressive thing to say the least.