If you are the DIY kind of person you can get a tube of some sort (open both ends), attach a muffin fan to one end, cut the leg off a pair of your wife's old pantyhose, fill the pantyhose with ~1lb of 4mm carbon pellets (approx $3-5) and attach to a 12 Volt supply. On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Ken Bloomquist <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We are looking for a low cost way of removing solder/flux fumes away from > our operators and were wondering what low cost options you use? > > So far we are looking at Xytronic 426DLX Fume EstractorR, approximately $50; > Tenma Solder Fume Extractor with Carbon Filter, approximately $40 and > Zephyrtronics AirPlus(tm) ZT-4-MIL, about $175. > > We'd like to put in a big ceiling mount system with all the bells and > whistles but the current economy won't allow that. > > I look forward to hearing your experiences both positive and otherwise. If > you don't feel comfortable discussing this on line please just send an email > directly to me. > > Best regards, > > KennyB > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > -- Brian Stumm ETS Energy Technology Systems, Inc. http://EnergyTechnologySystems.com [log in to unmask] 509-276-2015 (PH) 509-276-2016 (FX) --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------