hello fellow WW's
this is a follow up to a previous post that discussed where cyclone DC's can be located. Some asked if I could provide pictures of my installation. I have finally got a camera so I will try my hand at showing the details.
The outside shows the DC mounted at about 12' above the ground. The inlet and outlet pipes simply go right through the insulated walls and are sealed with spray foam. The rain cap is easy to make and keeps all the weather out of the unit. I use a low temp rated flex duct that stays flexable down to -20f.
The inside shots show the pipes and the silencer that is inline. I think that the duct is either 8 or 10 ". I placed the filter in a corner of the shop to try to maximize space.
Finally one ww requested some info on flex duct. I show a 24" (12hp) planer that really throws out some chips with about 4 feet of flex. I could have put a 90 at the top of the run, but this works pretty good. I have never had a problem
hope that this information is helpfull to those in the process of designing or redoing their shop
lou