Hey guys, I have no idea where to put this but I know a lot of you solder and I understand the importance of adequate ventilation. Well I decided that inhaling the noxious fumes from my soldering needed to stop, and I figured it'd also be considerate for my significant others as well. While I run a full room HEPA filter, I don't like the idea of it having to find its way all the way over to the filter, and I kinda like the idea of it getting pulled away from my face and hair. I used to tough it out (it's really no big deal) but I decided well I might as well put my new soldering station to work and build me something I could use. So... TA-DA! My Fume extractor was born.
I decided to put my old case fans that I have sitting around the closet to good work. Meanwhile I found this 92MM Foxconn fan that outputs some great positive pressure while hitting about 50dbs... Kinda loud, but I'm not going to be running the thing for more than an hour tops so it fit the bill perfectly
I then decided I needed a way to power it, now I have a benchtop power supply I built out of an old PSU for testing and light hobby work, but It's way too big and unnecessary. What's cool though is if you already have one or a real benchtop psu, You can power this fan by making a connector with bananas to hook up to the PSU!
Well I decided that I'd like it portable, and I really didn't want to pay for a 110/125VAC Fan... so I decided to use a wall wart to keep the simplicity of it (less to go wrong!). However I could have easily built a voltage converter into my giant enclosure that I picked out.... Maybe in the future? hmmmmm....
Nevertheless after soldering a few leads to the "M" sized jack I picked up from RadioShack that would mate to my 12v Wall wart (I got like a million of these suckers sitting around...) and crimping a few 3M Scotchlok connectors on it (you can use whatever you got.. I have boxes filled with thousands of them that I buy in bulk... I use these because of the hooded connectors and their durability) It was as simple as hooking up the plugs to my switch and it was ready to go!
I chose to use a 4 Pin Molex connector for the sake of modular capability. This allows me to run any 12V fan I'd like (short of PWM models.. which I might work on in the future... hmm ideas..) and allows me to switch them quickly with minimal work.
Here I hooked up a 120mm CM fan with LEDS... just for the sake of testing...
And I eventually settled on this 92MM foxconn fan..
I'll be uploading the pictures later..... Just was excited my little project is mostly done and decided to share
Edited by MediaRocker - 9/20/12 at 5:07pm
I decided to put my old case fans that I have sitting around the closet to good work. Meanwhile I found this 92MM Foxconn fan that outputs some great positive pressure while hitting about 50dbs... Kinda loud, but I'm not going to be running the thing for more than an hour tops so it fit the bill perfectly
I then decided I needed a way to power it, now I have a benchtop power supply I built out of an old PSU for testing and light hobby work, but It's way too big and unnecessary. What's cool though is if you already have one or a real benchtop psu, You can power this fan by making a connector with bananas to hook up to the PSU!
Well I decided that I'd like it portable, and I really didn't want to pay for a 110/125VAC Fan... so I decided to use a wall wart to keep the simplicity of it (less to go wrong!). However I could have easily built a voltage converter into my giant enclosure that I picked out.... Maybe in the future? hmmmmm....
Nevertheless after soldering a few leads to the "M" sized jack I picked up from RadioShack that would mate to my 12v Wall wart (I got like a million of these suckers sitting around...) and crimping a few 3M Scotchlok connectors on it (you can use whatever you got.. I have boxes filled with thousands of them that I buy in bulk... I use these because of the hooded connectors and their durability) It was as simple as hooking up the plugs to my switch and it was ready to go!
I chose to use a 4 Pin Molex connector for the sake of modular capability. This allows me to run any 12V fan I'd like (short of PWM models.. which I might work on in the future... hmm ideas..) and allows me to switch them quickly with minimal work.
Here I hooked up a 120mm CM fan with LEDS... just for the sake of testing...
And I eventually settled on this 92MM foxconn fan..
I'll be uploading the pictures later..... Just was excited my little project is mostly done and decided to share
Edited by MediaRocker - 9/20/12 at 5:07pm
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(19 items) |
Samsung Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777)
(11 items) |
The Tablet
(13 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 | Exynos C210 | Mali-400MP | 4GLPDDR*2 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | OS | Monitor |
| 16GB NAND | 32GB Micro SDHC High Speed | Android AOKP 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (R00ted) | 4.3" Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, ... |
| Keyboard | Power | Case | |
| ICS Android Keyboard | Samsung Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery | Trident Kraken AMS | |
| View all | |||
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentium Dual T2310 | Gateway C Series | Intel Accelerated Graphics | 1024MB |
| Hard Drive | OS | Monitor | Power |
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