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TedDoesntTalk
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AirGradient: DIY Air Quality Monitoring with Open-...
Serious question: what happens to air quality while I’m soldering all of those components? I have always wondered how toxic solder and flux fumes are.
ahaucnx
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When I solder, PM2.5 goes into very unhealthy territory. There are solder smoke absorbers with carbon filters that I would recommend to use.
TedDoesntTalk
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Any solder smoke absorber recommendations? I’ve never heard of those.
jfim
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I bought the Aven 17701 recently, it seems to do the job. It's just a fan with an activated carbon filter.
sizzle
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Yeah just do it outside if possible with a makeshift work bench
TedDoesntTalk
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That's fine this time of year but not in winter.
cinntaile
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Breathing in fumes is never healthy. That's why you have filters that suck the solder fumes away.
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