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Hoover Central Vacuum system for my house.
QUESTION: I have just purchase a generation III Hoover Central Vacuum system for my house.
Both salemen that I have talked to recommend using the central vacuum in my
small woodworking shop. It is just a weekend hobby for me but with the table saw and
a planer and a belt sander I generate alot of wood dust in the basement.
Anybody has suggestions on how to setup the pipes? The power unit has a 2" inlet
with 2" pipes to the house outlets. Should I use 4" pipe for the workshop with a
4" to 2" adaptor near the power unit? Or should the 4" to 2" adaptors be put closer
to the tools
Will this really pickup most of the saw dust generated by a planer or table saw or
I am just dreaming? Should I just way to get a dust collector when some money comes in?
In case the specifications of central vacuum matters here they are
maximum amps: 13.5
maximum C.F.M.: 101
sealed suction: 137"
maximum air power: 484
dirt capacity: 5.0 gallons
Any feedback is welcomed.
ANSWER: Having used shop-vacs in my workshop, I would not recommend a standard vacuum if
you wan't to collect all the dust and shavings from your TS and Planer through a
4" pipe system. The 101 cfm spec is especially critical to dust collection.
Although your whole house vacuum has high suction power, it can't move enough
air to collect fine dust from a TS through wide pipes. The 5 gallon capacity
is fine for household cleaning but it will fill up fast when collecting shavings
from a planer. The vacuum would be fine for general cleanup but if you want to
collect while tools are running, save your money for a dust collector. If you
want to collect through a duct system, I would recommend purchasing a DC with a
cfm rating of more than 1000. My DC has a cfm rating of 610 and it is not adequate
when two openings of my dust system are open at once. I have to fiddle with the
opening and closing of blast gates enough that I wish I would have purchased a higher
capacity DC. As Tool Time Tim says "There is no substit
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