Originally Posted by
Alan Schaffter
Looks neat without tools.
It looks like a decent sized DC but you sure are reducing its capability significantly with your ducting, however, to achieve that look. The rule is to minimize resistance by running the duct the shortest and most direct way from the machine to the DC with as few turns as possible, and especially avoiding 90's if at all possible. If you look at the static pressure tables you are loosing a bunch of efficiency right off the bat with that one duct that loops and the other that has a sharp 90 right in front of the cyclone inlet. Also, by running your duct along the walls you add more 90's. Granted your lights create a bit of a problem, but you would have been much better off running a single diagonal main from the DC to the opposite corner and running laterals off of it using 45 wyes like a tree. If your drops are an indication where you will position your machines, you would have been better off locating the DC near where the camera is located in the first picture.