- posted 12 years ago
Can I safely do casting under a range hood close to the pot and vent the
output through a HEPA filter and recirculate the air in the garage? I could
vent outside but I'd rather keep the heat in the winter.
More lead casting
Can I safely do casting under a range hood close to the pot and vent the
output through a HEPA filter and recirculate the air in the garage? I could
vent outside but I'd rather keep the heat in the winter.
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- posted 12 years ago
Can I safely do casting under a range hood close to the pot and vent the
output through a HEPA filter and recirculate the air in the garage? I could
vent outside but I'd rather keep the heat in the winter.
- posted 12 years ago
The vapor pressure of lead at the melting point is negligible, and one
of those metal screen grease filters will condense the vapor anyway.
The HEPA filter will also condense any vapor, and filter out the resulting dust.
Joe Gwinn
The HEPA filter will also condense any vapor, and filter out the resulting dust.
Joe Gwinn
- posted 12 years ago
A HEPA filter will not remove lead vapor.
- posted 12 years ago
I would not recommend working with lead around meal preparation areas. I've
done it in a
pinch but I think it was not the smartest solution.
How about the bathroom? It has an exhaust fan most likely.
Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
How about the bathroom? It has an exhaust fan most likely.
Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
- posted 12 years ago
Are you melting lead, or vaporizing it? Why would lead ever even make
it to the filter? Melted metallic lead was used for centuries in
soldered plumbing.
Tim.
Tim.
- posted 12 years ago
True but, in a practical setup, by the time it reaches the filter it will
have condensed and converted to finely divided oxide particles which may
well be captured
- posted 12 years ago
Yes indeed. I made one years ago for a guy that was allergic to
smoke..that simply bubbled the smog through a 35 gallon barrel and he
dumped it a couple times a year.
Gunner
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- posted 12 years ago
Actually, I have a left over range hood when I put in a microwave over the
stove in the garage. I would mount it under the wall cabinets over the
workbench. NO WAY will I do this in the house. The garage is heated and
comfortable but if I just vent the hood outside it's going to suck a lot of
the heat out.
- posted 12 years ago
I don't know the answer, but I wonder whether the lead you'll breath in, even
without filtration will be significant compared with the lead we all used to
consume until TEL in petrol was phased out.
Another option, more expensive but better, is to still use the range hood, but pass the exhaust air through a commercial heat recovery ventilator. This will get back 50-75% of the heat while dumping the fumes straight outside. I'm planning to fit one of these to my workshop next year fro general ventilation and also to the shed I'll be building for the boss to keep her pet rats in.
Regards Mark Rand RTFM
Another option, more expensive but better, is to still use the range hood, but pass the exhaust air through a commercial heat recovery ventilator. This will get back 50-75% of the heat while dumping the fumes straight outside. I'm planning to fit one of these to my workshop next year fro general ventilation and also to the shed I'll be building for the boss to keep her pet rats in.
Regards Mark Rand RTFM
- posted 12 years ago
Damn, that is the second thing today, I misread.
Wes
Wes
- posted 12 years ago
Pet rats? So, she's a RANCHER!
- posted 12 years ago
Seems more like a feed lot at times. Darn things get through more vegetables
than the family do!
Mark Rand RTFM
Mark Rand RTFM
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