Trilliwilli
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- Oct 22, 2015
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My first post on the FOG.
Inspired by the video of the Dust hub, I made a switch box to switch between power tools and its equipped with its own Master/slave switch.
This is only the electronic part of the dust hub, since I have no room to make a permanent dust extraction yet. I also use this box in my fathers workshop, so it is portable.
There are a few differences with the Dust hub from Peter:
-Selectivity: I use a switch that allows only one power tool to be used. There is no room for error, or most important for me, no overload for the electrical circuit.
-Master/slave switch: I have a shopvac with switch, but the large vac that my father has, doesn't. This box allows the use of any dustextractor.
-Industrial switches: home switches often don't take the inductive load that a motor makes. Lights are resistive, and that is a common mistake, 16A resistive load often means only 5 or 6A of inductive load. There for you must also never use a computer master/slave switch as suggested above, they are not heavy enough to take the load.
-IP44 Splash resistant: I have an unheated and unisolated storage, so the electrical equipment must be IP44 or better by Dutch regulation.
-Earth connector: There is a build in earth connector. It looks like the one you have on your hifi speakers, but it is a laboratory power supply version, and it has the right green/yellow colors. It is to connect dust extraction pipes in the future. Maybe i will never use this option, but it is nice to have.
-Thermal safety: A build in thermal safety prevents me for overloading the electrical circuit, which is of the appartmentbuilding, so blowing a fuse there might not be liked by the owner of the building. It is 15A, so that leaves room for the lights, radio and the batterycharger, because they are used as well.
A last picture of the inside, where you can see the master/slave switch and the two industrial switches:
Hope you like it.
Inspired by the video of the Dust hub, I made a switch box to switch between power tools and its equipped with its own Master/slave switch.
This is only the electronic part of the dust hub, since I have no room to make a permanent dust extraction yet. I also use this box in my fathers workshop, so it is portable.
There are a few differences with the Dust hub from Peter:
-Selectivity: I use a switch that allows only one power tool to be used. There is no room for error, or most important for me, no overload for the electrical circuit.
-Master/slave switch: I have a shopvac with switch, but the large vac that my father has, doesn't. This box allows the use of any dustextractor.
-Industrial switches: home switches often don't take the inductive load that a motor makes. Lights are resistive, and that is a common mistake, 16A resistive load often means only 5 or 6A of inductive load. There for you must also never use a computer master/slave switch as suggested above, they are not heavy enough to take the load.
-IP44 Splash resistant: I have an unheated and unisolated storage, so the electrical equipment must be IP44 or better by Dutch regulation.
-Earth connector: There is a build in earth connector. It looks like the one you have on your hifi speakers, but it is a laboratory power supply version, and it has the right green/yellow colors. It is to connect dust extraction pipes in the future. Maybe i will never use this option, but it is nice to have.
-Thermal safety: A build in thermal safety prevents me for overloading the electrical circuit, which is of the appartmentbuilding, so blowing a fuse there might not be liked by the owner of the building. It is 15A, so that leaves room for the lights, radio and the batterycharger, because they are used as well.
A last picture of the inside, where you can see the master/slave switch and the two industrial switches:
Hope you like it.
