Here the pics of my frankenstein CT - dust cyclone set up.
, just moved into a new worskshop, so don't mind the mess....
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It has recentley come to my attention that the hoses from Stihl are basically the same but at a much cheaper pricing.
Check the Stihl's website for details, little hard to find the cleaning section but it is there, at least at the Dutch website!
I have experimented with some 50mm hoses from CT to cyclone, that works pretty good.
After experimenting with the Stihl hoses I noticed (at the first run already lol) some serious static build up.
My idea was to try to connect the static build up to the earth lead of the electrical system in my shop, and in this way saving the CT engine from burning and leading the electricy away.
The closest earth lead I could think of was in the CT, so I opened it up and to my surprise there was a free earth connection in the elecetrical connecting part of the CT. Not the best pic....but there is a free connection on the bottem left where the earth lead is connected besides two black ones.
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I connected an extra earth lead and brought it outside the CT
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Then connected it to my steel drum which I use as container for dust.
I also made earth leads from the hoses to the steel drum, and also from the plastic elbows to the earth point at the steel drum.
It's looks very frankenstein but works very well, when I have the time I will come up with a more atractive look [smile]
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