We leave our wave solder pot on constantly together with the extraction.
Shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure your electrics are properly fused and
protected.
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Maloney <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 4:30 PM
Subject: [TN] Wave Sloder Shutdown
> My company recently purchased a new Electrovert Astrapak wave soldering
> machine, thus sending our old Hollis machine to the Smithsonian
Institution
> (museum for the painfully antique production technology.)
> With the new machine installed, a question arises. In the past, at the
> end of each production day we would simply turn off the old Hollis machine
> and go home, letting the solder pot cool down overnight. With the "new and
> improved" machine, our installer tells us that we should leave the solder
> pot on overnight and on weekends. He says that the we would save energy by
> not cooling and reheating the 500 lbs of solder everyday, and the energy
> savings would be significant. He also says that most of his customers
> operate this way, leaving the pot on all the time.
> I am nervous about this, especially now that we live in the land of
> regulation (EPA, OSHA, local fire codes, etc). Using the 5 to 1 rule, ( 5
> watts used to cool of each watt used to heat)wouldn't the HVAC cost blow
off
> any money saved keeping the pot on all night? Also, wouldn't I need to
keep
> the exhaust fans running all the time, in case something dropped into the
> pot and started smoking?
>
> My question to Technet is this.... How many of you keep your solder pots
hot
> all the time? Are there valid safety/cost issues here, or am I just
> paranoid?
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Neil Maloney
> Service Technician
> Contemporary Controls
> http://www.ccontrol.com
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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