Jonathan Dormody
09-20-2005, 2:17 PM
Folks,
I'm sort of a dust collection novice, so I need a little help. I have 1/2 of my shop in the garage and 1/2 in the basement. In the basement, I built a closet to house my dust collector (keep the noise down). I have a 1 HP Delta Shopmaster. Its too underpowered so I just ordered a 1 1/2 HP 1200 CFM Delta 50-760 which has two 4" outlets or one 5" outlet port. I already have installed 4" hose to the walls of my shop. My questions:
1. Do I go from the one 5" outlet down to the 4" hose? Or, do I just attach the 4" hose to one of the two 4" outlets and cover the other 4" outlet? Does it matter?
2. Should I ground the unit (run grounding wire through the hose)? I'm debating whether its really needed.
3. If I should ground it, do I just run the wire from metal tools back to the collector (not from my router table or dust sweep as there is no metal on those)?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
- Jon
I'm sort of a dust collection novice, so I need a little help. I have 1/2 of my shop in the garage and 1/2 in the basement. In the basement, I built a closet to house my dust collector (keep the noise down). I have a 1 HP Delta Shopmaster. Its too underpowered so I just ordered a 1 1/2 HP 1200 CFM Delta 50-760 which has two 4" outlets or one 5" outlet port. I already have installed 4" hose to the walls of my shop. My questions:
1. Do I go from the one 5" outlet down to the 4" hose? Or, do I just attach the 4" hose to one of the two 4" outlets and cover the other 4" outlet? Does it matter?
2. Should I ground the unit (run grounding wire through the hose)? I'm debating whether its really needed.
3. If I should ground it, do I just run the wire from metal tools back to the collector (not from my router table or dust sweep as there is no metal on those)?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
- Jon