<div dir="ltr">I've controlled speed on those DC muffin fans with a simple voltage divider pot. I have no idea how bad that might be for the fan, but I'm pretty sure they don't require PWM or anything like that.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:08 PM Steve via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Todd Sines:<br>
> Speaking of fume extraction, my DIY production and Mr. Fixit repairs have been in high gear over the last few years.<br>
> Not daily, but sometimes it’s all I do for a few days, 8-10 hours a day. I do not want occupational asthma, which I am sure I have been somewhat exposed to.<br>
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> What are your suggestions, aside from my current, which is an inverted CPU fan on adjustable “helper hands”, with a scouring pad to catch all of the “bad stuff”?<br>
> It became too much to wear a paint respirator mask all the time. But I hope I don’t regret this.<br>
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I remember being demo'ed a cheap-ish build of something resembling a<br>
commercial fum extractor of this form:<br>
<br>
- box of plywood of adequate size.<br>
- angled back wall with two PC case fans in them or similar, pushing air<br>
outwards<br>
- and a layer of .. active coal or what's it called, as a filter<br>
- on the top of the box is an anti-static mat, somwhow fixed to it<br>
- in the whole top plate of the box, incl the mat, two slits, one near<br>
the back, one near the front of the top, of ~ 2cm (?) width, each going<br>
from left to right end, had been milled<br>
- the PCB to be soldered would be put in the middle, between those slits<br>
- the fans, causing suction close to those slits, would suck the fumes away<br>
- there was a speed control box moutned on the side of the box, with a<br>
potentiometer to adjust fan speed i.e. degree of suction<br>
<br>
This worked nicely.<br>
<br>
Hah, whaddayaknow, I found photos of it:<br>
<a href="https://postimg.cc/2qDk3vYG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://postimg.cc/2qDk3vYG</a><br>
<a href="https://postimg.cc/Hr5Wpzqj" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://postimg.cc/Hr5Wpzqj</a><br>
<a href="https://postimg.cc/kVvnS4Xm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://postimg.cc/kVvnS4Xm</a><br>
fan specs:<br>
<a href="https://postimg.cc/kBLX3zhk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://postimg.cc/kBLX3zhk</a><br>
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I don't have info on the speed controller.<br>
But I'm pretty sure this is cheaper than a comparable commercial product.<br>
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- Steve<br>
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