Just a thought, but why don't you set the pump up outside the hood (or on the floor, or strapped to the ceiling if space is *really* an issue ;-)  ), and just run the inlet and outlet hoses into the hood?

cheers,
Aidan


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aidan schurr  b.m.l.sc
section head, histology
hutt valley district health board
lower hutt
new zealand

aidan.schurr@hvh.co.nz
++64 4 570 9173

>>> "P. Emry"  30/01/2002 >>>
I need to set up a vac. pump inside an over-crowded hood for
infiltrating specimens.

2 questions:

Where can I buy the world's smallest vac. pump?

What is the minimum vac. setting I would need to effectively infiltrate
specimens of bone and soft tissue (in one piece) about 1cm x 3cm?

Thanks,

Trisha
U of Washington, Seattle