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Default cheap solder smoke filter or overkill?

On 4/18/21 7:53 PM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:
On 4/18/21 1:21 PM, JJ Lark wrote:
Normally, the smell would persist for at least half an hour.


I don't understand the obsession with soldering fumes.
I've been soldering for over 50 years now with no ill effects.
I certainly don't find the fumes irritating or obnoxious.

You're NOT breathing in lead fumes. Lead vaporizes at 3100F.


There are plenty of things I do that I do with good ventilation.
Just soldering isn't on my list.


Well, to tell you the truth, I used to not worry about it either in the
days when I could get true 60/40 solder from Radio Shack, but those days
appear to be long gone. The last 8 oz one I ordered this past winter
was from an Ebay vender who carried the "Chinese" 60/40. After some
past experiences with Chinese electronics from there (Ebay) burning up,
I am leery to trust the solder so decided to add a $13 filter to the box
fan.

And it isn't just solder fumes either. I use a fair amount of heat
shrink. Not sure what most use to heat it, but I like using a plain
match from a match pack. Of course, the phosphorus then smells up the
room for 30 min and sometimes I tend to overheat the heatshrink a bit
with plastic odor, so the other reason for the fan filter.

I'll definitely find out how it does today as I have a fair amount of
soldering in store as well as some heatshrinking.