Steve, try this mask with carbon insert.  it works wonder to filter  
the smoke, smell.  it is better than the hog nose type... ;-).
http://www.amazon.com/Can-Breathe-Masks-Honeycomb-Carbon/dp/ 
B0016IM7KQ/ref=pd_sxp_f_pt
           jk
On Jul 17, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Steve Gregory wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I'm trying to deal with all the smoke that's here in Boise today, it's
> probably the worst smoke I've ever been in. The jet stream has made  
> a dip
> and is carrying all the smoke from the fires in Washington, Oregon,  
> and the
> fire north of us in Boise county right into the Treasure Valley and  
> it's
> all packing up against the mountains to the west of us (cough,  
> cough..)
>
> Anyways, I have a question about a little custom inductor from  
> Vishay Hirel
> that we have here. It appears that we have a certain datecode batch of
> these where the insulation on the part of the wire that gets  
> soldered into
> the board wasn't stripped and tinned high enough, and now when we  
> try to
> install them into the board the insulation prevents wetting at the  
> top of
> the board and we have insulation in the solder joint which of  
> course is a
> defect:
>
> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/Vishay_Inductor.jpg
>
> The picture is of one that we pulled out of a board, and you can  
> see that
> the insulation goes down past the shoulders and into what is  
> supposed to be
> the solderable area.
>
> I think I know the answer to my next question, but I'll ask it  
> anyway. Is
> there any clever way to remove that insulation without damaging the
> inductor? The picture makes this inductor look huge, but it's not,  
> it's
> maybe .250" in diameter, and the wire is a pretty small gage too.
>
> I tried dipping it first in a lead-free tinning pot set at 600 C.,  
> no luck,
> then 700 C., no luck, then 800 C., and no luck. I was able to  
> darken the
> insulation and melt the yellow tape that wraps the inductor, but  
> that's
> about it. I'm think that the only way to remove this insulation is
> mechanically...which will be a trick because the inductor and wire is
> pretty small.
>
> Hate to scrap these things because they are long lead custom  
> inductors. But
> we can't use them like they are....
>
> Steve
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