I've had a DC sitting in a shed. I've been too lazy to run new wiring circuits to the shop, too cheap to buy hoses and adapters, etc. But it might be time.
My Craftsman 16G (IIRC) shop vac sits under a roof outside my shop, the 7-foot 2.25" hose runs into a Thien separator (maybe a 20G metal can). For DC on my saw table, I connect a ten foot 1.5" hose to the separator that connects to the fittings on my saw and plunge router. For DC on my planer, I connect a 14 foot 2.25" hose. Etc.
It doesn't work very well!
Would everything be automatically improved if I simply replaced the shop vac with the DC and ran the 4" hose to the separator (with a new fitting)?
Thanks