PVC and dust collectio safety

cm · 2009-01-15T14:02:55+00:00

I have been stetting up my new shop over the past few months and have researched dust collection on the net and by reading a few books on the subject. This morning I found this article on the Wood Whisperer site. basically states that there is almost no chance of a fire/explosion from using ungrounded PVC ducts with your dust collector.cm

Jan 15, 2009 42 Replies

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B A R R Y 17 years ago

Everything he wrote makes perfect sense to me.

I pulled out my grounds, as they caused clogs. Guess what? I see no difference, other than a lack of clogs.

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LRod 17 years ago

That was written several years ago by my friend Rod Cole, formerly of the Badger Pond woodworking forum (now defunct). He is (or was--haven't heard from him in a while) an engineer at MIT. I've long considered this the definitive work on home shop DC systems and PVC piping.

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