I started a new thread so this wouldn't get lost in the original thread. As promised, below are two CAD (crayon alternative drawings :roll::roll::roll
of my cyclone high dust electric eye circuit and a mod to improve cyclone dust drum operation.
As you can see, the "dusk to dawn" electric eye is incredibly simple to wire, and you can use whatever alarm method you choose. The sensor unit itself is a sealed unit. I used a low wattage bulb to save energy$$ since I leave it on, but any light will work for the supplemental illumination! Again, mounting the sensor and light in the duct as opposed to in the drum keeps them in the cyclonic air flow and prevents static dust from obscuring the light path until the dust fills the duct.
As far as the mod to the dust drum, even without the electric eye high dust circuit, this modification should lessen the mess that results when you try to empty a totally full dust drum. In operation, as dust fills the drum and eventually reaches the bottom of the extended inlet, additional dust will fill the duct only, rather than the remaining space at the top of the dust drum. If you don't have an alarm, you'll have to watch the hose above the drum. When you notice dust filling the hose you will still have plenty of excess space in the drum to drain the dust out of the hose. You can decide how much space you want to leave in the drum by adjusting the length of the duct extension. If I had a solid dust drum I would make this mod regardless of whether I had a high dust alarm.
FYI, today I cleaned my filters and used the DC. I had one false shut down when I used the DC as a vacuum to pickup a VERY LARGE pile of dust that I had cleaned out of one of the filters. I did an immediate restart and it worked flawless from that point on. The shutdown could also have been caused by a power interruption- the joys of hometown electric.:lol::lol::lol:
of my cyclone high dust electric eye circuit and a mod to improve cyclone dust drum operation.As you can see, the "dusk to dawn" electric eye is incredibly simple to wire, and you can use whatever alarm method you choose. The sensor unit itself is a sealed unit. I used a low wattage bulb to save energy$$ since I leave it on, but any light will work for the supplemental illumination! Again, mounting the sensor and light in the duct as opposed to in the drum keeps them in the cyclonic air flow and prevents static dust from obscuring the light path until the dust fills the duct.
As far as the mod to the dust drum, even without the electric eye high dust circuit, this modification should lessen the mess that results when you try to empty a totally full dust drum. In operation, as dust fills the drum and eventually reaches the bottom of the extended inlet, additional dust will fill the duct only, rather than the remaining space at the top of the dust drum. If you don't have an alarm, you'll have to watch the hose above the drum. When you notice dust filling the hose you will still have plenty of excess space in the drum to drain the dust out of the hose. You can decide how much space you want to leave in the drum by adjusting the length of the duct extension. If I had a solid dust drum I would make this mod regardless of whether I had a high dust alarm.
FYI, today I cleaned my filters and used the DC. I had one false shut down when I used the DC as a vacuum to pickup a VERY LARGE pile of dust that I had cleaned out of one of the filters. I did an immediate restart and it worked flawless from that point on. The shutdown could also have been caused by a power interruption- the joys of hometown electric.:lol::lol::lol:
