I recently purchased a 4 year old Onidea V5000 (5hp) dust collector. It looks like it will be a lot of work to install, so I want to install it right the first time.
My dilema is I want to install a ducting diverter after the cyclone (that's the fan/motor source, I can't see a way to avoid it), but before the the filter. This "diverter" duct could send air either outside or to the air filter located in the workshop. I have spent some time researching this and am more or less coming up empty handed. I intend on contacting Onidea soon, but do not know what to expect from them. So I would like to draw on everyones collective wisdom first.
My thoughts are that dumping dirty/dusty air outside is better than the best interior filter could ever be. Therfore I would use the interior filter during the heating and cooling seasons and dump outside during a good bit of the spring and fall.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone ever done this? Were you successful?
2. How difficult was it to find a reasonable priced manually operated duct diverter?
3. Is it even possible to install on the system I have?
4. Am I missing anything?
I thank you for your time.
Tim