What do you use for dust collector control?
I want to get a dust collector and was wondering what others do about turning it on and off apart from walking over and turning it on, etc.
thanks
What do you use for dust collector control?
I want to get a dust collector and was wondering what others do about turning it on and off apart from walking over and turning it on, etc.
thanks
"R. Pierce Butler" wrote in news:Xns9828D554F72Emc2500183316chgoill@10.232.1.1:
Rockler sells a router control switch, with big buttons and a set of extension cords. My Delta 1200 cfm machine plugs into one of those just fine. Paid maybe $15 on sale.
Simple is often good.
Patriarch
X-10 module with a RF remote. Works OK. Sometimes takes a couple three presses.
Alan
Wireless remote. I have the Long Ranger, but other types are available. V E R Y handy to have.
remote control
For a while I used a remote control by Shop Fox (I think). It seemed to work perfectly, but then I heard it turn the collector on long after I had quit for the day. I didn't like the idea of it possibly running while I was gone so I stopped using it. Instead, I hard wired a switch ahead of the DC outlet. The switch is above the center of the shop and is fairly convenient (and shouldn't start on its own).
PDX David
I have a three way switch installed on the circuit. One switch near my table saw, the other switch near the downdraft. Works good for me, but required planning when I wired my shop.
I'm lucky--I have a new Oneida system that includes a remote on/off switch that looks just like a car alarm remote. I can turn my system on or off from anywhere in my shop. I'd check to see if you can retrofit your dust collector with a magnetic switch with remote on/off capabilities.
And I don't recommend leaving your system on all the time unless you've got pretty good ear protection.
"R. Pierce Butler" wrote: >
The following is based on my many years of motor control design and application.
It may be a bit of overkill, but you had to ask.
Let's assume the D/C motor operates at 240V, then you need a 2-pole contractor with a 120V coil and an auxiliary control contact supplied in a NEMA I enclosure. (This also works for a 120V motor)
At every tool station where you have a D/C pickup, you mount a START momentary push button station, again in a NEMA I or better yet a NEMA
12 enclosure.A single momentary STOP P/B is located at a location of choice.
Any START P/B station starts the D/C.
The D/C keeps operating until the Stop button is pushed.
The system provides under voltage protection.
HTH
Lew
I am much too cheap for a remote. I just put a switch in line with the supply. Seems to do well. I have another for my vacuum.
Could you provide some more details on the X-10 module. I've looked at that keeping in mind that my unit is 1 1/2 HP and that the amperage rating for the module should probably 15 or 20 amps. I was concerned about interference and wondered if a filter would also be needed. It looks like a more expensive alternative than the $40-60 remote kits, do you agree?
If you bought yours through the web, do you have a recommendation?
Thank you, in advance.
John
Jet offers some dust collectors with remote and timer switches. Mine has it. It was about $50 more for the ones with the remote.
I have a simliar arrangement. It's awesome. I could never find my remote control, and when I did, the batteries were dead. Nothing like a couple of strategically placed wall switches.
I use a simple system of strings through screw in "eyed screw ins" attached to the main switch. It runs overhead around the shop (like the buzzer on a bus). It has worked well for five years. Cheers, JG
Rockler remote control, with the remote in an apron pocket ... the mother of convenience.
I plan to add a wireless remote in the apron idea. More important is where your gates are. When I open and close them they are all close to the collector to make it easier. I used 6" pipe instead of 4" and changed shop around to shorten runs.
I tried remote and didn't care for it... you have to carry or find the remote to use the DC...
What works well for me is a hard wired remote switch (romex and standard light switch) mounted above the bench near the hanging saws and stuff.... it's within a step or 2 of the machines that I use the DC on, easy to find and inexpensive... YMWV
Mac
I haven't done it yet myself (still renting right now) but the most elegant way I've seen is to use a current-sensing switch right in the breaker panel.
If your larger tools are all on their own separate circuits, its fairly easy to rig up a current sensor to detect flow through those circuits in the panel. You then hook up a relay to turn on your dust collector whenever any of those tools are turned on.
You'd still want an override when using it for other tools, or for the floor sweep, etc.
Chris
I have a LongRanger remote. I wish I had bought it a long time ago. I got the 220v model which is better for a DC since it gets turned ON/OFF a lot.
Because "arw01" could, he/she/it opin'd:
I use three of these X-10 appliance modules
-Don
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