[sdiy] soldering with air conditioner?

[Kyle Stephens]

I have a rig like that, using an old server fan to blow things along. I went cheap and got a plastic tube though, but nothing smoldering flies down it, so it all works out.

The system is not unlike a portable AC unit, with the exhaust hose hooked up to the window:

Example: http://www.cleaning-guide.com/images/portable-air-conditioner-window.jpg


_Kyle

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, cheater cheater <cheater00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: cheater cheater <cheater00 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] soldering with air conditioner?
> To: "synth-diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 10:00 AM
> If you're genuinely concerned, have a
> high performance fan at the end
> of a flexible pipe (the kind that's used for stoves etc),
> and have the
> other end of the pipe near your soldering station with
> another fan of
> the exact model/specs on that end..
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > oh i meant open the vents that are on the sides of the
> window...not the vents on the AC itself....
> >
> > most AC's have little plastic vents you have to pull
> across your windowsill to make a SEAL..by pulling these back
> you open up part of your window to the outside world
> >
> >
> > thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:12:30 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: [sdiy] soldering with air
> conditioner?
> >> From: jluciani at gmail.com
> >> To: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> >> CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> >>
> >> As Florian mentioned I believe that most wall and
> window AC units will not exhaust room air
> >> and bring in cooled outdoor air.
> >>
> >> You may want to look at a smoke absorber for
> soldering.
> >>
> >> (* jcl *)
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> You can't create open hardware with closed EDA
> tools.
> >>
> >> http://www.luciani.org
> >>
> >
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