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my new dust sucker arrived. a whee bit overbombing, but ...Festool CTH 26 E
Oh, would you lookit that nice 11-bit $$$ pricetag...? ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
I just spent a couple hours yesterday booty-fabbing our dirtsucker because I'm damned if I'll spend 8 bits $$$ on a new hose for it, no matter how good it sucks dirt. Which it does; just the hose no longer provided power for the beater head.
Of course, this was, as usual, dropped in my lap as my wife was headed out the door, and I had a bench covered with other projects in progress...
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understandable. However 2 things to consider:
home use dust suckers now have a wattage limitation because sucking dust is not energy efficient ... sez the EU. which is why new dust suckers are somewhat weak.
The Festool is an industrial one without that limitation. It also sucks up liquids, and you can use it to suck up dust you create when sanding down mold from the wall, or restoring old arcade stuff that has lots of unhealthy stuff in it that you would be sanding down directly into your lungs.
It will be used for renovating, but also used for sucking up dust created by woodwork.
Yeah, I have the ol' standby 20-gal Shop-Vac for that kindof stuff; even have a couple saws & sanders with a hose that plugs right into it. The Shop-Vacs made in the last couple decades have a big cylindrical pleated-paper filter inside looks like a ol' K&N filter-charger out of a hot-rod, with a foam filter sleeve over that. They do a pretty good job of keeping the dust in and only letting air out; pretty much as good as you're gonna get short of proper HEPA-certified. Unfortunately, you have to take that filter off for wet-sucking or it becomes a allergen hazard; when they get wet they grow black mold/mildew in what seems like overnight. ![Scared :scared:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/scared.gif)
Down in Tejas I kept my old one for wet work and only used my new one for dry; that worked pretty well at keeping the two miseries separate. ![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif)
I'm assuming they don't classify a Shop-Vac as a consumer dirt-sucker, correct?
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I have a workshop vacuum from RIGID, which is very similar to a shop-vac.
It comes with a cylindrical pleated HEPA filter that can be washed out and then dried.
The filter when wet becomes a restriction on the suction and air-flow; best removed when sucking wet.
This one uses a cylinder float to prevent mass water entry into the motor; shop-vac uses a ball & cup for said protection.
Maybe the RIGID filter will fit on the Shop-vac to achieve HEPA filtering?
EDIT:
Works for asbestos and black mold is impressive; that explains the price tag on the Fesstool.
The ONE thing Dyson is good for is picking up large amounts of dog & cat fur. I know for certain! The worst part is the amount of time spent vacuuming the Dyson attachments
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