Adding a secondary baffle to TopHat DC system.

[thekingofspain]

I currently am using a shop vac with a Thien baffle that I am quite pleased with.  I was going to upgrade to the HF DC and make an TopHat with an internal Thien baffle.  But alas craigslist presented me with a UFO102B for the same price that has a bigger 3HP motor and two collection bags.

The first bag holder will be used as the primary Thien baffle/TopHat.  The second bag holder will hold a pair of stacked torit filters found off of ebay and the secondary collection bag.

Thinking about it, if I am converting the one bag holder into a baffle, why not convert both bag holders into baffles?  In theory this should preserve the filters more by separating the fines into fines and now finers.  I am not sure of the following however:

1.  Will the CFM/Pressure/Suction be diminished by the secondary baffle?
2.  Will the secondary baffle need to be rotated, inverted, and/or the inverse of the primary baffle?

Any thoughts the practicality of this?

[phil (admin)]

The first ring with baffle would be connected to the inlet of your blower, and the second ring with baffle would be connected to the outlet of the blower, so the baffle orientations would not change, they'd be the same in both rings.

[thekingofspain]

Thanks Phil, wow you live 2.5 miles away from Kopps.  When at MU, mentioning the phrase 'i have a car' followed by the word 'Kopps' in the near vicinity, increased my dating success considerably.

[phil (admin)]

2.5?  What map are YOU looking at.  I'm like 1.25 miles.   ;D ;D ;D

[thekingofspain]

Still working on the setup.  Interesting thing with used equipment, identical rings actually are slightly dinged and dented making the baffles slightly different diameters and shapes.

The other unexpected issue is that the ring adapters inlet ports are a different size than the motor output port.  There is a one to two union pipe on the DC and at first glance the ports look the same size, but alas the output motor port is a couple inches bigger in size.