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RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - fredhargis - 12-29-2020
Post back with pics, I'll be interested to hear how it works out.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-29-2020
Oh, I definitely will! Plan on getting a meter to guage actual cfm on use.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - kurt18947 - 12-30-2020
I recall reading on Bill Pentz' site that push through cycles are slightly more efficient than pull through so are better for marginal blowers. They're also easier to find and fix leaks. The only downside to push through as others have noted is everything goes through the blower.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-30-2020
Started assembly. Hoping to build the bracket to support the blower and another to support the ducting to the filter this week.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - fredhargis - 12-31-2020
That's looking good. How will you lift the dust bins (55 gallon drums?) up to seal against the lids?
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-31-2020
No dust bins needed with a push-through system; the bags are pressurized and don't need support. This is why I want to keep the system this way.
There's a metal ring that secures the bags to the chutes.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-31-2020
TD--
Look into the cardboard concrete form tubes. You can get them at the Borg for cheap in several diameters.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - fredhargis - 12-31-2020
So the blower blows into the inlet, then the air escapes through the top of the cyclone body?
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-31-2020
Yup! Dust and chips fall into the bags below and fine dust exits the top, through a short ducting run into a cartridge filter.
RE: DC Motor Upgrade? Yay or Nay? - ®smpr_fi_mac® - 12-31-2020
The old setup that I'm upgrading: