The better vacuum cleaners designed to suck up sawdust etc come with a power outlet which is "current sensitive" (not sure that's right): when you turn on the saw, planer, or whatever plugged into that outlet, the vacuum cleaner automatically starts. See e.g. Bosch GAS 15L at
Rob laid this down on his screen :
They are normally sold for computer use as power saver sockets. You plug the computer into the master socket and the monitor + printer and etc. into the slave outlets. Turn the PC off and everything else gets turned off with it.
outlet which is "current sensitive" (not sure that's right): when you turn on the saw, planer, or whatever plugged into that outlet, the vacuum cleaner automatically starts.
My Nilfisk has such a socket and it has proved useful. Of course it 'fails' when most needed: using the Bosch GOP 250 Multitool for sanding seemed an ideal application BUT the vac's speed is, somehow, governed by the Bosch! If I slow the Bosch the vac slows to the point of uselessness.
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