Re: [AMC-list] AMC-list Digest, Vol 12, Issue 72

[Peter Marano <pmarano@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> Date: 25 Mar 2010 02:58:42 -0000
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> i have a friend who has welded several tanks. i thought i would have to fix
> one so asked him his way. he takes a shop-vac and sucks out, and an air line
> from the compressor going in the sending unit hole. then, after it "smells"
> clean, he puts his extra argon tank with an old hose from an old welder
> pumping argon into it while he welds it. i dont know why it wouldnt be ok to
> just leave either the shop-vac, or an air line blowing in while you weld. it
> takes a certain amount of fumes to be flamable, and once they are gone, there
> aint enough left. 
> dave stohler
> www.picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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Using an ELECTRIC vac this way is inviting disaster, the motor is not 
sealed to prevent gas fumes from entering.  Tom used his to ventilate 
the tank, not evacuate the tank. Sparks from the motor could ignite the 
vapors.

The argon sheilds the back side of the weld.

Peter Marano
Kenosha WI




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