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Spent $350 on a new respirator system and it's already giving me grief
I finally upgraded my old half mask to a powered air purifying respirator for the core room, thinking it would be a game changer with all the silica dust. The battery died after just two hours on the first big pour, and I had to finish the shift with my eyes burning. Has anyone found a PAPR that actually holds a charge for a full shift?
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nelson.wren4mo ago
Honestly I was in the same boat, thought a PAPR was the end-all solution. That first dead battery on a pour is a real wake up call. I learned the hard way you gotta check the actual work temp rating, not just the advertised runtime. Now I keep a spare battery warming up in the truck just in case.
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elliot_roberts4mo ago
Ugh, that's brutal. Maybe check if your battery is actually rated for cold temps, since concrete work is often in chilly spaces (which murders battery life). A lot of those specs are for perfect lab conditions.
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