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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Problems with HCl fumes

From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@...>
Date: 2003-04-28

grantfair2001 wrote:
> I can run an ABS plastic pipe from the cooler lid to a right angle
> elbow, and then out through a hole in the basement window. How should
> the pipe terminate at the exterior end? Will any HCl be evident at the
> end of the pipe? (It would be at a level where a child could see and
> touch it, and if it dripped it would be onto a concrete sidewalk.
> SInce I rent I don't want to damage the sidewalk.)

If condensation got acidified by the fumes then it will dissolve lime
in the concrete. The fumes might have a faint smell. If you have an
outside open pvc or clay drain then i'd put the hose into that. Another
way is to bury the end of the pipe under a mound of pebbles.