Ridgid Vacuum

Dave wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

to run the tool & the vacuum off separate circuits.

Doug White

I bought one of those for my Ridgid shop vac and couldn't notice any meaningful difference in sound level...

I have a low end Ridgid that works perfect on my old Craftsman Table Saw. The trick (for me) to make it work was to close off all the air holes around any of the penetrations using a combination of plywood and rubber. I also added a zero clearance insert. The result is that almost no sawdust escapes from the saw and what is captured gets sucked into my shop vac.

However, I didn't see any listing of amperage (either tool or accessory) on the link.

Home Depot sells a 'muffler' for Ridgid shop vacs for about $10. It is just real a small annulus of foam that attaches to the exhaust port.

It didn't make a bit of difference to sound level and if anything cut down the suction power a little. Since most of the noise on standard vacs come from the motor mounted on the top, it is understandable why adding a muffler to the air exhaust won't do much to muffle the *loud* Ridgid motor noise...

blueman wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@consult.pretender:

I noticed a noise reduction when I put a hose on the leaf blower port. I might have had a nozzle attachment on it, but it worked with just an open hose.

It certainly wasn't enough of a reduction to keep permanently.

Puckdropper

Noise? They make noise?

I don't wear my hearing aids often in the shop. When an offensive noise comes along, I open up the battery doors with my thumbnail until contact is broken, and I can hear very little.

Noise, you say?

Hmmmmmmmmm.

Steve