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Thread: Drum grounding wire with a fiber drum

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    Drum grounding wire with a fiber drum

    Hi all,

    I ordered a fiber drum with my dust gorilla pro and the manual says the following:

    "To attach the DrumGrounding Wire, starta small hole in bottomof cone above flexhose and in the top ofthe dust drum, thenattach the wire withthe 3/8” included selftappingscrews. "

    When I read that statement I believe they are referring to attaching it to the actual fiber drum itself, not the lid.

    If that's the case, am I really adding any value by grounding a fiber drum?

    I don't want to drill a hole in my cone if it's not going to add any value. Wouldn't the drum have to be steel to ground it?

    Thank you.

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    I've never grounded any of my DC and never had an issue - see the thread in this forum about Bad Science which is all about the need (or otherwise) for grounding

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    That's likely a "CYA" type warning. I've never seen a grounded drum...
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    Agree with all the responses above, however I have a plastic drum with a metal band clamp. Every time I went to unlatch the clamp I was getting a shock. So I just taped a dire to the metal cyclone and attached it to the metal clamp to eliminate the shock. Not worried about explosion, just didn't like getting zapped every time I went to empty my drum.
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    No wires, no grounding, plastic drum, never a shock or even hint of one.... (1.75 hp cyclone)

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