makpacman
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Hello. I'm fairly new to this board but over the past year I've been using it to improve my small shop and the knowledge I've been able to glean has been invaluable.
Now I have a small 200sq ft shop and a few days ago I purchased a Dustopper Pro for the Midi I. On my test run it blew a gash from top to bottom in the side of my only 90mil 5 gallon bucket. [scared] Granted, this bucket was older, and just something I found in a corner so I checked on Dustopper's website and they mentioned using 2 standard homer buckets(70mil) stacked inside each other may help so called "European" vacs not to crush the container. For the sake of expediency I tried that idea and right off the bat the inner bucket crumpled, though the outer was able to keep it from imploding completely.
In an attempt to remedy this without a trip to the big box store[grin related to different thread], I decided to drill some holes in the outer bucket and sprayed expanding foam between the two to make a fairly rigid monocoque chassis. That works better but the bucket squeaks a little and definitely changes shape under full suction. That's a rundown on the current state of affairs. Below are my questions.
1) Do the CTs produce the same(or similar) amount of maximum suction at high power as at low? This is likely a dumb question with an obvious answer but my beefed up bucket seems to deflect about the same either way once airflow is restricted. The behavior makes me wonder if low power is more of a capped CFM setting as opposed to a power cap.
2) Is there a particular bucket recommended by the community for use with bucket top cyclones? Metal perhaps, or a particular known brand or vendor?
3) The other question I have about the Midi is that of noise. I've had this since early 2021. At that time it seemed dramatically quieter than my 6hp Rigid shop vac. In fact, it still does, but testing with a phone based spl meter says differently. The app claims that with the noise floor at 34db, the Midi I on low is ~75db and on high is ~80db. Apart from the tone, there is no discernible difference in SPL readings when the hose is attached to the Midi and Dustopper Pro or removed completely.
The Rigid still "seems" much louder but according to the app is ~80/81db. So the question here is, Is my Midi noise about typical for a 3 year old CT? It would make some sense that it gets a little louder over time but is there any data indicating what's normal?
-Thanks
Now I have a small 200sq ft shop and a few days ago I purchased a Dustopper Pro for the Midi I. On my test run it blew a gash from top to bottom in the side of my only 90mil 5 gallon bucket. [scared] Granted, this bucket was older, and just something I found in a corner so I checked on Dustopper's website and they mentioned using 2 standard homer buckets(70mil) stacked inside each other may help so called "European" vacs not to crush the container. For the sake of expediency I tried that idea and right off the bat the inner bucket crumpled, though the outer was able to keep it from imploding completely.
In an attempt to remedy this without a trip to the big box store[grin related to different thread], I decided to drill some holes in the outer bucket and sprayed expanding foam between the two to make a fairly rigid monocoque chassis. That works better but the bucket squeaks a little and definitely changes shape under full suction. That's a rundown on the current state of affairs. Below are my questions.
1) Do the CTs produce the same(or similar) amount of maximum suction at high power as at low? This is likely a dumb question with an obvious answer but my beefed up bucket seems to deflect about the same either way once airflow is restricted. The behavior makes me wonder if low power is more of a capped CFM setting as opposed to a power cap.
2) Is there a particular bucket recommended by the community for use with bucket top cyclones? Metal perhaps, or a particular known brand or vendor?
3) The other question I have about the Midi is that of noise. I've had this since early 2021. At that time it seemed dramatically quieter than my 6hp Rigid shop vac. In fact, it still does, but testing with a phone based spl meter says differently. The app claims that with the noise floor at 34db, the Midi I on low is ~75db and on high is ~80db. Apart from the tone, there is no discernible difference in SPL readings when the hose is attached to the Midi and Dustopper Pro or removed completely.
The Rigid still "seems" much louder but according to the app is ~80/81db. So the question here is, Is my Midi noise about typical for a 3 year old CT? It would make some sense that it gets a little louder over time but is there any data indicating what's normal?
-Thanks