J. Phil Thien's Projects

I prefer to put flex 4 inch hose into the female end of 4" thin wall outside drain pipe.  Each piece of pipe has a female end so it can be connected to another piece without fittings.  My flex pipe, I have a couple brands but's been too long since I bought it so I could not reliably say where I got it, fits this femaile end snugly.

Jim

My cartridge filter should arrive this week and probably go on this weekend.  I have a smaller Delta DC - an AP-400 - with the same arrangement of inlet, blower and bags.  So this post is very interesting.

I looked at the source of the drum listed and also a place I use for things like this - McMaster Carr - and I have a question.  Has anybody tried a fiber drum for this application?  McMaster has a 47 gallon fiber drum rated for 400 lbs of contents with a similar closure mechanism for $35.94 - or about half what a steel drum would cost.  They also have several sizes so there should be one that would fit.  A fiber drum should be easier to modify with woodworking tools.  On the other hand, it might fall apart after awhile wasting the money and time.

My other question is just pros and cons of adding a baffle before the bag versus having the separate drum separator.  The baffle seems a lot simpler but probably doesn't work as well?  If it is just the ease of emptying the drum versus the bag, I would probably skip the drum but better separation might make it worth it.

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