protip if you need to clean: fill it with kerozene and turn it on for a few hours
I was hoping for pictures. Is everyone ok?
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Was the pump UL listed and rated to work with flammable solvents?
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What kind of pump, and solvent?
DO NOT DO THIS
Thank you to the admin who changed the title.
Safety first!
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I can remember an old tread recomending
Ethanol by either @Soxhlet or @breakingdabs206
you say kerosene and if you look at flashpoints it might not even be a bad substitute there are more factors other than flashpoint one has to take into considerations
Ethanol has a very high material compatability with seals
Kerosene is difficult to figure out it s material comparability since it s noumerous hydrocarbons mixed and somebcould be aggressive to your pump seals
in general using a solvent in a vacuum pump non atex is not a wise thing to do ( admitting I do it frequently )
If you insist on doing it cap the pump on inlet so as little as possible oxigen gets pulled into the pump while working with a solvent in
Be careful
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Yeah I’m cool with using ethanol but no matter which solvent you use you should not do this-
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First no hexane in the air fryer, now no kerosene in vacuum pumps. So many rules!
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Quite a bit actually.
Around 2018-2019, seems like many users were parroting the idea. I’m curious if anyone posting back then would still consider this best practice.
Worth noting it was suggested back then to use a 50/50 mix of pump oil and kerosene and only mentioned running for 30 min intervals.
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I certainly ruined a pump this way. Was running 20 microns before. 50-100 after
I tried it a few year back and saw no improvement whatsoever.
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Reminds me of the hot diesel flush people do to cars
Inland ff-10 works pretty well, I just used that