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I am designing my basement shop and I have a closet under the stairs that I want to keep my shop vac, dust collector, and air compressor. This will minimize some of the noise in the shop.
Here is my question. Can I effectively use a Ridgid shop vac with a 15' hose going into my dust deputy separator and then into the dust collector? I see they sell 20'-25' hoses but it seems that it will lose effectiveness the further away it gets from the vac.
I would not mind hearing from someone that uses a closet for their dust collection.
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A friend of mine did something similar and doesn't seem to have any issues with distance from the vac. You can take a look
here... Dave
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Thanks, Dave. Interesting website your friend has.
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I use a shop vac for my dust collecting blade guard on the TS. It is outside the shop in an unfinished area of the barn. I used 2" PVC conduit and fittings to connect to a 55 gal. plastic drum. The pipe passes thru the shop wall with a total length of ~15' The shop vac connects to the drum. I have 2.5" retractable hose on the saw end.
The hose also allows me to connect to my router table or sander and I use it for cleaning the shop, too. I use a remote controlled outlet for the vac.
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Birdseye Bill said:
Thanks, Dave. Interesting website your friend has.
Yeah.... Joe's an interesting guy...
He's got several videos on YouTube under the Twisted Knot Workshop moniker. A couple actually show me doing all the work building his shop.
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