amphead
Headphoneus Supremus
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Yeah, I think I'll cut down on Camel, non-filters.
Originally Posted by BrianDonegan /img/forum/go_quote.gif I use one of these irons: http://sra-solder.com/images/aoyue968.jpg The litle tube about the soldering iron sucks all the fumes away through a filter, right from the source. The inside of that tube looks like the inside of one of my dad's tobacco pipes. |
Originally Posted by ziplock /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you talking about this one? |
Originally Posted by Bizzel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Oh jeez. That looks nasty. What the hell is it? |
Originally Posted by SilverTrumpet999 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, a NIOSH mask would be great too - although the setup would start to really look like you were about to do 'surgery' on a PCB I think with standard (only slightly anal) precautions there wouldn't be any problems, but the more the better. |
Originally Posted by SilverTrumpet999 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes, anything to do with heavy metals is bad for you. I work alongside some environmental chemists and the (United States) EPA limits for lead in the environment is on the order of parts per billion. I haven't hooked some sort of spectrometer up to solder fumes, but I would guess that the concentration of Pb is way over the EPA limits in there. |
Originally Posted by vixro /img/forum/go_quote.gif That funny look was his brain not being able to process what you said anymore. |
Originally Posted by SilverTrumpet999 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes, anything to do with heavy metals is bad for you. I work alongside some environmental chemists and the (United States) EPA limits for lead in the environment is on the order of parts per billion. I haven't hooked some sort of spectrometer up to solder fumes, but I would guess that the concentration of Pb is way over the EPA limits in there. |