On Mar 6, 1:21 am, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up the
> inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
> thanks for any tips
6" pipe will flow more air, but that 5" restriction will still be the
main limit to your flow. You may end up with probelms of dust settling
in the slower moving air in the 6" pipe rather than carrying thru the
5" into the collector.
If it were me, I would go with 5 " pipe.
Brad
K & D Rossi wrote:
> Did you run a bare grounded wire through the inside of this PVC pipe? Since
> you are not using metal ducking, you run the risk of burning down your shop!
> Smaller dust particulates and a static discharge make for a very unhappy
> ending!
Dear K & D Rossi ... save yourself a public flogging ... use Google to
research the archives of this group regarding this topic. We have this
discussion every few months and it always ends the same way ... the
proponent of the 'big bang theory' gets mauled.
Bill
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I installed 4" pvc sewer and drain pipe and the DC system works wonderfully
to all stations.
"trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up
> the inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
> thanks for any tips
>
no. and thats bs
"K & D Rossi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Did you run a bare grounded wire through the inside of this PVC pipe?
> Since you are not using metal ducking, you run the risk of burning down
> your shop! Smaller dust particulates and a static discharge make for a
> very unhappy ending!
> "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I installed 4" pvc sewer and drain pipe and the DC system works
>>wonderfully to all stations.
>>
>> "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
>>> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up
>>> the inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
>>> thanks for any tips
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Toller wrote:
> Why would dust settling in the 6" pipe matter? A dusty 6" pipe will have
> less resistance than a clean 5".
>
Big chips will also loft the dust if they travel the same path.
I've got 6" 26 ga. HVAC pipe all the way to each machine and directly
into my DC1200, using Lee Valley 6" gates. It's exponentially better
than my old 4" plumbing.
On my Jet DC, removing the 2x4" plug uncovered a 6" outlet. I don't
think a 6->5 right at the machine would be a deal killer.
Did you run a bare grounded wire through the inside of this PVC pipe? Since
you are not using metal ducking, you run the risk of burning down your shop!
Smaller dust particulates and a static discharge make for a very unhappy
ending!
"trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I installed 4" pvc sewer and drain pipe and the DC system works wonderfully
>to all stations.
>
> "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
>> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up
>> the inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
>> thanks for any tips
>>
>
>
"Brad" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mar 6, 1:21 am, "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
>> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up
>> the
>> inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
>> thanks for any tips
>
> 6" pipe will flow more air, but that 5" restriction will still be the
> main limit to your flow. You may end up with probelms of dust settling
> in the slower moving air in the 6" pipe rather than carrying thru the
> 5" into the collector.
> If it were me, I would go with 5 " pipe.
> Brad
>
Why would dust settling in the 6" pipe matter? A dusty 6" pipe will have
less resistance than a clean 5".
And the horseshit starts again.
"K & D Rossi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Did you run a bare grounded wire through the inside of this PVC pipe?
Since
> you are not using metal ducking, you run the risk of burning down your
shop!
> Smaller dust particulates and a static discharge make for a very unhappy
> ending!
> "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I installed 4" pvc sewer and drain pipe and the DC system works
wonderfully
> >to all stations.
> >
> > "trs80" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> My DC has a 5" dia inlet opening to the impeller.
> >> If I go with 6" main pipe for my small shop DC system, should I open up
> >> the inlet on the DC to 6".? Or should I make the mains 5" dia?
> >> thanks for any tips
> >>
> >
> >
>
>