What I did in my shop since I was building it from scratch, is to put light switches at the table saw, work bench, and about every 6 feet along the wall where I have woodworking equipment.
I connected the switches in parallel so that any one of them will activate the dust collector. Since my DC is 220 vac I just used a relay with a 120vac coil and rated for 200vac/20 amps.
I had a long ranger RF control but I kept misplacing it and spent too much time looking for it. This way I have no more than 3 feet to a switch.
I'm a hobbyist, so sometimes it's a whole week, maybe two before the shop gets a good workout. I have used the Long Ranger for at least a couple of years without a failure. I clip it to my pants pocket so never lose it (well, mostly never) while working because I never have it in my hand to set down. Where I get into problems is when I'm done for the day, or take a break and take off the apron, which means I take the remote out of my pocket and set it down.
I've been making an effort recently to quit losing it. This started when I lost it one time, and finally found it in the shop fridge next to the Dr. Pepper. Last few months I have been trying to train myself to set the remote down in the gap along the rail between the table saw and the fence. If I remember to do that, I find it quickly when I come into the shop. If I forget and just set it down, it invariably will be eventually found way down towards the bottom of Tunnel #3.
If my self-training fails, I may just smear it with tuna each day, and let the Shop Cat earn his keep.
Years ago I did the same. Now I set my remote on top of my table saw fence and it's always there. The LongRanger is red so it is fairly easy to spot. Now where did I put my keys?
I have the Jet air filter on the ceiling and the remote came with velcro... I put the velcro on the front/side of the RAS arm, since I walk past it to enter or leave the garage/shop, and have never felt the need to carry it around... I use it like a light switch and it's a lot harder to lose if it's always stuck in the same place... especially as in my case where it's a bit higher than stuff usually piles up.. *g*
"Swingman" wrote in news:G4WdnT_ZlNHjRXPZnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
I am about ready to change my stationary tool switches to three pole and run low voltage through the spare contact. That would in turn control the contactor for the DC. Not sure how the NEC code would view that but it would work. Probably too pricey as well.
Lew Hodgett wrote in news:fMKHg.1582$bM.1109 @newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:
I wanted to keep it down to one button which would turn on the tool and the DC. If not, then I will go with your idea of a separate pushbutton at each location.
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