Weller Zero Smoke EL Fume Extractor

Weller Zero Smoke EL Fume Extractor - Part 2

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18 күн бұрын

Weller Zero Smoke EL Fume Extractor - Part 2
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@sdgelectronics 17 күн бұрын

The cone is quite a clever design. Might see if it's available separately, otherwise I'm 3D printing one for my Metcal extractor.

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist 17 күн бұрын

I might have to make one for my Metcal extractor. It needs looking at as it keeps beeping on startup which i think is block filter but they are lovely and clean. nus be a service manual out there somewhere. Still that looks good, i might make a holder on it for the remote start button to keep it all tidy.

@MichaelGiacomelli 16 күн бұрын

I would watch that SDG video.

@Jacky2k4 16 күн бұрын

I have the same unit since a few years, love it. Biggest downside I think is that the cone is not resistant to a hot soldering iron. Mine looks pretty beat up by now.

@HSong-qr7dn 17 күн бұрын

I found the best smoke extractor in Australia is the cheapest ikea air purifier. (Compare with the Weller, jbc or Hakko in the lab)

@ibex485 16 күн бұрын

"I love it when a plan comes together."

@pietpaaltjes7419 13 күн бұрын

3:23 I see a ground effect😅 I am here al week!

@LawpickingLocksmith 16 күн бұрын

A Bobby Dazzler Chicken Dinner. Hopefully not interrupted by a call from the Shoe Phone?

@nezbrun872 16 күн бұрын

That HDMI lag would drive me nuts.

@EEVblog2 16 күн бұрын

There is practically none.

@tiagoferreira086 12 күн бұрын

This is one of those cases that the more it sucks the better lol even more in silence...and under the desk...😂🤣 how grammar can be funny sometimes

@BrettCooper4702 16 күн бұрын

maybe a 3d printed holder than goes from the bench to the fan scoop. like an i with the dot being the scoop and the bottom being a wall to stop the air being pulled in from the back. Cardboard and a glue gun could do a cheap prototype.

@SlyerFox666 16 күн бұрын

Grab yourself an airflow meter/ hot wire anemometer to check the suction/ distance on that min should be 10m/s for solder smoke. I'd snake it in from the back between the equipment and the scope arm an lay it at the back of where the work will sit so you dont obstruct the scope and don't melt the funnel 👍

@EEVblog2 16 күн бұрын

Tried that, the shadow from the light is too much.

@theawfulmrbird 16 күн бұрын

does the stiffer hose from you cheap extractor fit on the weller unit maybe?

@cuteswan 16 күн бұрын

Question for the fluid physics and design types: Could there be any advantage to fluting/notching/etc. the edge of an air intake nozzle for better airflow? (I mean in the design, not hacking up a bought one!) …kind of like the proposed Starshade having those flower-petal edges to do a better job.

@lmamakos 16 күн бұрын

Stickvise FTW!

@IanScottJohnston 17 күн бұрын

That's certainly much better......Maybe you could have the tube right tight to the Tagarno stand and down the side of the NI box......and have it facing you almost.

@EEVblog2 17 күн бұрын

Tried that, casts to big of a shadow with the angled light.

@sdgelectronics 17 күн бұрын

I've been experimenting with adding airflow from another fan to create a gentle draft over the work area. You can move the extractor 300mm away from the work area with only a tiny bit of air movement

@IanScottJohnston 17 күн бұрын

@@sdgelectronics Being asthmatic I have learned since day one to blow out when fumes appear when soldering coz the fumes can make me wheeze......so I guess I am doing the same thing LOL!

@EEVblog2 17 күн бұрын

@@sdgelectronics Yep, sounds likely.

@TheEmbeddedHobbyist 16 күн бұрын

@@IanScottJohnston Done that for years, just a light slow blow as the solder starts to melt did it for me. now use the extractor as i do a lot of soldering under the microscope so above the hot spot.

@KeritechElectronics 17 күн бұрын

More fantastic than Fran-tastic, haha! Now, with the funnel sitting on the bench, how much can you raise your work piece to still have the fumes sucked? That would be interesting. Higher settings could be useful for two stations side by side, the unit has two ports after all. I'm sure you can buy an additional snake and funnel.

@EEVblog2 17 күн бұрын

Yeah, possible to have two heads. Don't know how more effective it would be though, they could interefere with each other.

@KeritechElectronics 16 күн бұрын

@@EEVblog2 assuming you have equal length snakes that are bent to a similar shape, the suction should distribute evenly. Otherwise the different flow resistance will make one of them suck better than the other.

@leybraith3561 16 күн бұрын

...How about a desktop made from the same material they use for fishtank airstones. Suck the smoke DOWN!...Cleaning surface would be a bit traumatic though...Maybe a papertowel cover?...

@joeyjustin6895 16 күн бұрын

3:07 I Will Tell Ya The Issue I Would Have.. COUNTER SPACE. I would want it above my head like a hood in a kichen

@fairhall001 17 күн бұрын

White noise generator

@ludger0815 16 күн бұрын

Please not the ALFA but for more light the ALFA-T.

@biproservices1346 16 күн бұрын

£840 for it ... A bit tooo much 😃 Thanks for the review anyway!

@redolgreg 16 күн бұрын

They were on special in australia for about $180 USD.

@biproservices1346 16 күн бұрын

@@redolgreg WoooW, what a gift .... Lucky people 😃

@harryshector 16 күн бұрын

At that price, I’d suspect counterfeit. They retail for US $800 - $1200. At that, following the usual 100% markup, I’d expect a wholesale price of about $350 - $400. You can’t make it up with volume if you’re selling at $180…

@EEVblog2 16 күн бұрын

@@harryshector Nope, genuine stock from Element 14. Up to 90% off warehouse clearance sale. They had 15 of them in stock, everyone on the forum snapped them up.

@Craefter 16 күн бұрын

That was really the worst soldering job I've ever seen. You used way too much tin.

@shazam6274 16 күн бұрын

Duh ! Find a small 12V DC blower and a 9V wall wart power supply (

@jaro6985 15 күн бұрын

It doesn't work, the smoke just gets blown around the room and not filtered...

@shazam6274 15 күн бұрын

@@jaro6985 Read the entire comment, where I point out a simple and cheap way to filter the exhaust. BTW, I have used this method as a professional engineer for over 40 years, and the simple truth is the the "stuff" in the "smoke" is vaporized rosin, which if you look at it the solder or the tin is not "floating around" in the air because at room temperature, it solidifies quickly as it cools and gravity pulls it out of the air. It will put a light dusting of rosin powder on your bench where it is blown, which can be easily cleaned with IPA and a paper towel. That is if you don't add the coffee filter I described, in which case when that starts to turn yellow / amber, throw it out and put a new one on. And just in case you think that this is all a "toxic" compound, the ingredients of rosin flux are Tree Sap and alcohol.

@jaro6985 15 күн бұрын

@@shazam6274 Coffee filter wont work, sorry, terrible method.

@hempbear 16 күн бұрын

Nice but WAY overpriced for what it is if you have to pay the full price. ...I guess you pay 60% for the brand name and 30% for the stupid "ESD safe" sticker. Btw. does it have a fuse? :D

@EEVblog2 16 күн бұрын

Fused! Unlike the WE1010 iron.