Electronics Forum | Tue Mar 20 15:59:27 EST 2001 | CAL
I only inhale flux with a high IPA content.(joke for those who don't know me) I have seen the inside of duct work for our wave soldering machine............NASTY! DAVE F. is right! Flux contains a lot of bad stuff- Chlorides, Bromides, Fluorides,
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 16:46:58 EDT 2019 | stephendo
"mostly an irritant" can be serious for some people. You can get other toxins from PCBs if you char them but you would have mentioned if they came out burnt. Was there any exhaust on the oven at all? I have seen it where we used a particularly stink
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 11:47:21 EDT 2019 | alexeyzb
Flux fume is not for breathing, that is why every oven must have exhaust system. If you have some problem with health you need doctors help, don't waste time for answer which don't help you.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 12 14:00:38 EDT 2019 | slthomas
While I agree that you need to see an MD ASAP, it might help your provider to actually know what you were breathing, and I would worry way less about the materials in the components than I would about the flux from the solder paste. Edited to add, a
Electronics Forum | Thu Jan 31 13:55:10 EST 2008 | slthomas
My first thought is that your roof exhaust blower is dead and that these boards are the only no-clean boards you build but that's probably not the case. To start from the beginning, though, are all of your blowers operating normally (in the oven an
Electronics Forum | Mon Sep 30 16:16:17 EDT 2019 | stephendo
We use "Uline N95 Deluxe Industrial Respirator" face masks. We are looking for something better. Our conformal coating machine has an active exhaust pulling fumes out and the door is closed when the machine is running. We have a fume hood with an act
Electronics Forum | Tue Sep 06 09:59:32 EDT 2005 | slthomas
Find out if you can separate the dehumidifier controls from the heating/cooling controls, without adding an air handler. Otherwise I think you'd need to add a dehumidifier that runs independantly. Don't forget that system capacity has to be rated fo
Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 09 06:03:37 EDT 2016 | jswatt
Simple answer is no you cannot do it and why would you?.. is it a cost saving thing? As Dave F correctly points out you have a fair amount of noxious fumes to handle that aren't getting exhausted if you switch of the extraction so they will go to you
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 21 13:55:47 EDT 2005 | ??
i dont think it causes and soldering effects but i do believe that the fumes will escape out into your factory.
Electronics Forum | Wed Mar 11 19:22:02 EDT 2020 | victorzubashev
Hi, 1. do not use flux-cored wire- the smell is bad and flux will evaporate anyway at the time of solder wire melting. 2. as suggested use solder bars, something like this: https://smtnet.com/company/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_company&company_id=39635
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