fume hood and scrubber

[squarecoinman]

I spent an afternoon building a primitive fume hood for my silver refining hobby. You can view the YouTube video at: http://youtu.be/JeoBvjyMw74.

I used a $5.00 leaf blower motor I picked up at Goodwill. I cut off the intake cover and screwed a small paint bucket onto it. On the exhaust end I glued a 90-deg PVC elbow which will connect to an upright PVC pipe to be mounted on my back porch. All fumes will be sucked up and blown into the air 10 feet up at 150 mph. Total cost to build was around $30.00. Time: 4 hours. Negative comments from wife: none.

This isn't a solution for indoor chemistry! It's just a solution to enhance my safety when I'm working outside. I don't want to accidentally breathe any nasty fumes.

I'd appreciate comments and critiques.

I like your creativity , I would extend the outlet pipe, to keep it further away from you just in case.
I think that nitric will eat your motor, but it is a 5 dollar motor and depending on how much you will process it may last for a long time.
Some people may laugh at your Idea, but it is a lot better then just working in the open air

scm