Portable soldering fumes extractor fan DIY (battery operated and USB rechargeable)

Here is a very simple fume extractor fan, to put an halt to apnea soldering.

Made of:

  • DC/DC buck boost converter (3€ on ebay)
  • USB battery pack 5€
  • scrapped fan
  • scrapped switch
  • scrapped potentiometer
  • Hammond prototype case (1€, same as my USB motion sensor)
  • nice labels
  • double side tape

Enough talk, a picture:

And in action, can suck up to 15cm at medium speed:

This “hack” took me 30min, and costs close to nothing, while some have been down to build a DC/DC converter for this!

Thing to add in the future:

  • active carbon filter for better filtering, but usable as is for small jobs: you don’t get fumes in your face anymore.
  • USB light for soldering in the dark

My favourite use: in the freezer/fridge, when you forgot to chill beers for an unexpeted party, it takes only 10min to have freezing beer instead of 1h. (remove the carbon filter first…)

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