"Festool dust extractors are NOT vacuums and should not be used as such"
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Sure, I use my CT26 as a dust extractor for tools 99% of the time, I do use it as a vacuum for cleaning up after an occasional install the other 1%, but I would never use it for water. There are cheap shop-vacs for that kind if thing.
Spandex said:
specifically = with an exact use or purpose in mind
If it were specifically designed to collect water it would be sold with the water filter, it isn’t qed it isn’t specifically designed for water collection.
It can collect water but is far from being specificall designed for that purpose.
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Sometimewoodworker said:
Soooo ........... the addition of specifical sensors inside the tub that are specifically placed there to specifically detect the water level, what would you call that specifically?
The fact that it can be used to collect water isn’t a happy accident. Someone designed features into this dust extractor specifically so that it can be used for that.Sometimewoodworker said:
I feel like what you want to say is that the CT15 isn’t the best extractor to chose if your main use-case is collecting water. I would completely agree with that. But if, like a lot of us, the OP doesn’t want to buy multiple extractors so each one can be optimised for each job, they can rest assured that the CT15 has been designed to collect water (in addition to all the other stuff it’s designed for), contrary to what the contact at Festool told them.
The dust extractors are shop vacs, really nice ones with good air sealing and filtration, they don't leak fine dust from every crevice and they do a much better job of keeping things clean, I have no hesitation of picking up water with any of mine. So long as you use the foam filter to keep from pulling water into the motor your fine. It is a plastic tub people, no matter how much you want to make it more in your mind, it is a plastic tub not rocket science.
As for Scott at festool I can't say how much time he has running them, but personally I run festool vacs 5 days a week and have for about a decade and feel confident saying I have no fear in using them to pick up water and anything else I encounter on a jobsite. If a vac can survive drywall dust then water is not a problem.
As for Scott at festool I can't say how much time he has running them, but personally I run festool vacs 5 days a week and have for about a decade and feel confident saying I have no fear in using them to pick up water and anything else I encounter on a jobsite. If a vac can survive drywall dust then water is not a problem.
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MaineShop said:
Water has the specific property that it is electrically conductive, and that's worse than any dust can ever do.
But I feel very confident my Festool vacs can handle water. I don't have to suck it up often, but when I do it is always without a hitch.
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