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At my last job I took a cooling fan from an old broken PC and wired it up to 
the AC socket on my tech bench via a switch. Be very careful if doing this 
yourself, it can be dangerous. I did this "DIY style" while at work because I 
was having shortness of breath and irregular heartbeats. I'm not sure if it 
was due to the solder, the cleaning solvents, or just old age. ; )

  If you don't feel comfortable doing this on your own, just get any small 
consumer type fan (like the small ones they sell for vehicles) and position 
it to where it moves the smoke away from you.

 Andrew Sanchez


In a message dated 9/26/01 1:00:51 PM Central Daylight Time, jpont@... 
writes:

> > Most I've seen are in the $100 range :(
>  > 
>  That's fine with me - this fits in my 'not too expensive' category, at
>  least compared to potential health consequences.  Some stuff I've read
>  indicates that the fumes are not the best for a person.  However, exposure
>  time would be a factor, something that's not mentioned often.
>  
>  Any suggestions, Paul?
>  
>  
>  > > having a little experience in soldering modules I'm starting think 
that 
> it
>  > > is not the best idea to have the soldering fumes swirling up around me.
>  > > Can anyone recommend a good quality, not too expensive, small solder
>  > > fume 'exhaust fan' (for lack of a better term) that would work well for
>  > > periodic soldering?  I'm imagining that there are devices similar to 
> those
>  > > 'cigarette smoke removers' but designed for soldering fumes.
>  > > thanks, Jeff