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Bill Stoffels
04-14-2006, 5:06 PM
Looking to get a remote for the dust collector 220 V and I need about 35 feet of transmission, this is the farthest tool .
What have you had luck with .
Thanks

David Eisenhauer
04-14-2006, 5:52 PM
There is a website + 800 number for a company called Fernbrook that sells remotes for 110, 220 v eqpt. If you call them (I'd imagine weekdays only), they are helpful. Best of luck.

Steve Cox
04-14-2006, 6:05 PM
I've been using a Long Ranger for years and have had great luck with it. The remote hangs on my apron and works like a champ.

Bert Johansen
04-14-2006, 6:06 PM
Bill, I am using a 220V "contactor" from Marlin P. Jones (mpj.com). As a remote, I purchased a unit from Ace Hardware. Wire 220V from your circuit breaker into one side of the contactor and your DC into the other side. Connect 110V from the remote output to the contactor relay mechanism. (You can test the relay before you connect the 220V.) The handheld remote has on and off buttons which activate the relay on the contactor. I keep the remote attached to my belt loop via a carabiner. Works anywhere in the shop.
Bert

Dennis Peacock
04-14-2006, 6:25 PM
Bill,

I show you how to build a remote for your 220V DC on my personal website. It's cheap and my range is about 75 feet from outside the building. works great and replacement parts are as cheap as they come. :D

Steve Clardy
04-14-2006, 7:08 PM
I'm running a system ALMOST like Dennis's homemade one. Used His diagram, etc.
Works fantastic. [Thanks Dennis!!]

Bill Stoffels
04-14-2006, 9:02 PM
Dennis where is your website?
I would like yto build one or two
Bill

Jim McCarty
04-14-2006, 9:10 PM
Ditto the Long Ranger. Jim ><>;)

Jim Becker
04-14-2006, 10:05 PM
Dennis where is your website?
I would like yto build one or two
Bill

Click on his name and you'll get a drop-down that includes a link to his website.

I also use a contactor setup based on Dennis' article, although I use a centrally-located switch rather than a carry-around remote to trigger it.