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I recently finished my router table, and after watching some YouTube videos, built a simple dust collection system to collect the dust in a bucket before it gets to the ShopVac that powers the system. The first 2 times I used the system, a huge shock from static electricity was felt when I opened the buckets to see how everything was working. I now see I need some grounding to eliminate the problem. Some short pieces of PVC piping and PVC connectors were used, but most of the piping is flexible ShopVac hoses that I had.
What have you guys done to fix this problem?
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I use a heavy metal washer attached to 14 GA wire that dangles from the side of the Dust Deputy and touches the shop floor.
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Take a piece of copper wire, stick it in the bucket, then to a plumbing pipe. You can drill a tiny hole in the side of the bucket just big enough for the wire to go thru.
I'd use solid wire, not stranded.
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Increase the RH.
Touch first with something besides myself when I see the machine has grown fur.
Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
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Is it a plastic bucket? Can you change it to a metal one that would ground itself to the floor?
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