EEVblog #1305 - HEPA Solder Fume Extractor

Review of the $225 Kingsom KS-180 HEPA flexible arm solder fume extractor.
Does it suck?

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[EEVblog]

My own pinned comment seem to be mysteriously vanishing from this video, I suspect because it's got a links to ali-you know what. If you want the links, see the description above.

[largepimping]

12:45 "I'm actually happy to trade off noise for suction." Aren't we all.

[dukman]

Learned a new phrase today: "Tighter than a nuns nasty!". Thanks Dave!

[wilbertbirdner]

my old boss would just filter the flux fumes through a cigarette

[anarchist]

Just be sure to inhale it through a cigarette filter. No worries.

[davenz]

I think Dave was tricked, that's a Dyson space urinal.

[freeman]

That sucking tube looks like something out of War of the Worlds!

[PrinceWesterburg]

They should put a ring of LED lights on the end too

[Orbis]

The earth has to be connected to every single piece of "outer metal wall, at least here in Germany. This was a real pain when I had to build a electric cabinet and hand control box from extruded aluminium and aluminium sheets during my apprenticeship. I had to screw down and low impedance measure at least 30 to 40 earth screw posts during my practical exam....
Edit: What I want to say, you aren't allowed to rely on the connection between fan and outer wall, both have to be connected separately via earth wire

[TilmanBaumann]

My fume extraction method: exhaling slowly gently blowing the smoke away.

[KurtMcScotsman]

I've gotten real good at holding my breath.

[beyonddeath]

I've got a whole home hepa system, same basic construction, uses 3 square filters, and a big fan to pull the air through them. Takes air from the cold air return, and returns it actually upstream from the intake. Probably not terribly efficient, but it works. We had a house fire, and did not know until the next morning but the hepa system filtered all the smoke out, such that none of the smoke alarms went off. One room was destroyed before it burnt itself out.

[brendanjensen]

"Tight as a nun's nasty"
That is the first time I've heard that saying. Still laughing

[OrcaBrigade]

"Tight as a nun's nasty" I'm... gonna have to remember this one. Love me some of these phrases.

[misterthekaitheman]

5:55 When you have that many scopes in your lab that you actually have to put them on your shelf sideways because otherwise they won't fit, you know you have a serious electronics lab....

[aaaaaaaaaassssssssdf]

i've actually made my own extractor recently after hearing a few times how bad it probably was to breathe.. . i was looking on amazon for charcoal filter elements and found a very cheap cabin air filter for a random car (it was under 5 bucks and decent sized and better than that spongy filter you showed) so i spent a while designing and 3d printing a thing to house the filter and hold a 120mm computer fan. it works very well but also only works within about 6"... that hose idea is great, i'll have to try and make something like that to attach to it now.

[tedse]

If you play violin etc you will be breathing Rosin dust every time you play. It used as a resistance substance on the bow to make the strings sound.

[microbuilder]

3:34 dropped a big 'ol glob-o-solder on the board.

[LinuxGalore]

Something you have to be wary of when buying products directly from a OEM in China, most OEM's in China make different grades of the same product. So for example a product made for the Chinese, India or the Africa market use cheaper or even less components than products exported to the USA and Europe etc. The Chinese consumers know this and they will often buy a product exported to the USA rather than the local variant. This isn't always true but is worth noting when buying directly of a Chinese OEM.

[jamesgrimwood]

My electronics/makey stuff is confined to a shed at the end of my garden, so I just chopped a hole in the wall and fitted a bathroom extractor fan next to where I sit. Seems quite effective at making the fumes go away.