[TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??

  • From: "Rochester TV" <rochester.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:52:34 -0600

I like to laugh its good for the soul, and yes blowing it away as it comes 
close to my nose....thats funny stuff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??


> Don't laugh, I have actually touched asbestos and lived to tell about it.
> We did that a lot in high school physics class. We put a piece of asbestos
> on top of the Bunsen burners so the flame wouldn't break the beakers, 
> using
> only our bare fingers. I even rubbed mercury onto a copper penny to make 
> it
> look like a dime, using nothing but my bare fingers. When somebody dropped 
> a
> mercury thermometer and broke it, we didn't run out of the school 
> screaming.
> No sir, we ran toward the spot to collect the mercury for fun things, like
> the afore mentioned penny rubbing.
>
> Now I know why I decided to become a TV repairman ----- brain damage.
>
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rochester TV" <rochester.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:29 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??
>
>
>> hahahah
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:14 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us 
>> techs??
>>
>>
>>>I just don't stick my nose right over it and take deep breath.
>>> Sometimes I blow on it if it's heading for my nose.
>>>
>>> Russ Hoyt
>>> Hoyt's TV
>>> Exeter, NH
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 8:47 AM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us
>>> techs??
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have been soldering for 30 years and have been tested for lead several
>>>> times and always the test was negative.  I think the smoke from the
>>>> resin and contaminants is more of a hazard.  Ditto John, I just use a
>>>> small fan.  Probaly should have an extractor but never have.
>>>>
>>>> Leonard Caillouet
>>>> Electronics World
>>>> 1261 NW 76 Blvd
>>>> Gainesville, FL 32606
>>>> 352-332-5608
>>>> 352-332-5668 fax
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Conti
>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 4:20 PM
>>>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us
>>>> techs??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Somtimes a small fan other times Nothing.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>> Conti,sTV
>>>> Texas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: "Danny Garris" <dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Lead Poisoning (solder) - Concern for us techs??
>>>>>Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:52:29 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>>Fellow Techs,
>>>>>
>>>>>Most of us use 60/40 solder everyday on our repairs. How serious an
>>>>>issue
>>>>>is
>>>>>this "lead poisoning" issue pertaining to us techs in the tv repair
>>>>>business?
>>>>>
>>>>>What are some of you fellow techs/shops using to extact the solder
>>>>>fumes??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Danny Garris
>>>>>Garris Radio & TV
>>>>>New Bern, NC
>>>>>Ph: (252) 638-4477
>>>>>dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
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