Jerry Cummins
09-11-2012, 5:24 PM
I sold/disbanded most of my woodworking equipment couple of years ago because of a move from Texas to Southern Illinois. I am in the process of buying a few things and getting my little retirement woodworking area in shape.
I recently bought a used Grizzly dust collector. I’ve now built a Thien separator, and exhausted the collector outside. I don’t have the piping done, so can’t really comment on the suction etc….but it is considerably quieter with it exhausted outside. Think I will like it that way.
Question. In my working years I was in IT work, and some 30+ years ago I moved a computer room and in the process the cables in the pictures where excess, and I grabbed them. Never found a use for them…until now…I hope. I want to use these two cables for the final legs on a 220v circuit to my table saw and dust collector. I’ll have 220 ran to a central point and then branched to three machines. One machine is already wired to 220v, the dust collector and table saw are not. I’ll move the dust collector switch to a central point to turn the collector off/on. These have Hubbell 250 volt 30 amp twist-locks on them. I opened one end and found what I guess is aluminum wire. Cables are pretty thick, but I was not expecting the aluminum wire. Will these be ok in that use?
Dust collector as purchased.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0817120941.jpg
Modified exhaust outside with Thien separator.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121540.jpg
Cables.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121538.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121539.jpg
I recently bought a used Grizzly dust collector. I’ve now built a Thien separator, and exhausted the collector outside. I don’t have the piping done, so can’t really comment on the suction etc….but it is considerably quieter with it exhausted outside. Think I will like it that way.
Question. In my working years I was in IT work, and some 30+ years ago I moved a computer room and in the process the cables in the pictures where excess, and I grabbed them. Never found a use for them…until now…I hope. I want to use these two cables for the final legs on a 220v circuit to my table saw and dust collector. I’ll have 220 ran to a central point and then branched to three machines. One machine is already wired to 220v, the dust collector and table saw are not. I’ll move the dust collector switch to a central point to turn the collector off/on. These have Hubbell 250 volt 30 amp twist-locks on them. I opened one end and found what I guess is aluminum wire. Cables are pretty thick, but I was not expecting the aluminum wire. Will these be ok in that use?
Dust collector as purchased.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0817120941.jpg
Modified exhaust outside with Thien separator.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121540.jpg
Cables.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121538.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/jcummins42/Mobile%20Uploads/downsized_0911121539.jpg