New v Old

[Richard83]

A new CT 17 or a second-hand CT 33?
Same price.

What do you go for? (Or look out for if going secondhand)

Thanks

Richard

 

[peter halle]

Well if size doesn't matter, then personally I would go for the 33.  One of the things I enjoy about the 22 and 33 line is the ability to exhaust air thru a hose connected to the round exhaust port.  That feature went away in the newer CT line.

Peter

 

[Guido_de]

Hi Peter,
what exactly do you use this for?

Guido

 

[Kev]

If the CT33 is in excellent condition, you go for the CT33.

At the same price a good CT33 has more application value that a CT17 ... but that is without knowing your specific needs.

 

[wow]

And - being helpful as ever - I will ask "Why not get both?"

If that doesn't fit in the budget or whatever, then I vote for the CT33 with it's larger capacity.

 

[peter halle]

Hi Peter,
what exactly do you use this for?

Guido

There are two primary uses:  One would be ventilation.  I have done work in a dust enclosure and used the CT to collect airborne dust and have the filtered exhaust air exhaust outside the enclosure.  Creates a slight negative pressure.  You could exhaust the air thru a partially open window also.  The second one is that you can connect the exhaust of one CT to the inlet on another and pick up performance.  I admit that I don't have two so that isn't something that I have tried but I read about it here.  It might be an interesting thing to try with 50 mm hoses and stationary tools if you were in a shop situation and had several electrical circuits available.

Peter