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Hello all,

Ive been lurking around there for a while, but finally am ready to build my first baffle.

My system will consist of 5" HVAC duct feeding into a top hat Thein baffle, sitting on a 35 gallon steel garbage can -> Harbor Freight impeller housing -> HF Seperator (which has plastic bag on the bottom and a Wynn cartridge filter on top).

I would like to confirm two design matters.  From reading past threads, the following seem to hold true:

1 - A side inlet to the Thein baffle performs better than a top inlet.  This seems to be the consensus of past threads I have read.
2 - A neutral vane, while useful in other seperators, decreases Thein baffle performance.

If I could get some confirmation or argument against these points, I would appreciate it.