Ct 26 Dust deputy

[Avicas]

Hello
I recently bought a CT 26 and I'm using my old dust deputy set up with it, the kind you use a bucket with.

I read in the forums that there might be a problem with static electricity  ruining  the electronic board on the CT, so I wrapped copper wire on the hose (bosch hose) and on the hose that runs from the CT to the DD and also wrapped the DD inside and out, so I basically have a  single copper wire that runs from the end of the bosch hose all the way to the CT.

My question is, should that be enough to solve the static issue or should I be doing something else?
Thanks

 

[Bohdan]

Static buildup occurs when, under the right atmospheric conditions, rapidly moving dust particles rub against a surface or each other. These particles of dust transfer their charge to insulating surfaces until the charge is high enough to cause a spark. This discharge is what you feel and what causes problems with electronics.

To prevent this from happening you need to supply a discharge path to ground. This is what an anti static hose plugged into a grounded inlet on the vac does. It also grounds your tool so the entire path discharges the static. The early DD caused problems because it broke the circuit between the input and output of the DD. This was fixed by the copper tape solution. It also needs to be anti static for the entire length of the hose.

As the hose appears to be the non antistatic grey one wrapping the wire on the outside will have little effect on static buildup in the hose. You appear to have successfully earthed the tool so that you wont get zapped from the tool but you may still generate enough voltage to zap your CT.

If you run the bare wire inside the hose it will discharge the buildup before it can cause any problems but if your hose connectors are not anti static you have to made sure that the circuit is continuous from the tool to the CT.