CharlieBlink
New member
I just purchased the CV1800 and am in the process of building the ducwork. My shop is half of a 36x48 pole barn - shop half is heated and insulated the other half is cold storage with an insulated 2x4 wall between. My original idea was to just vent the DC outside through the soffit but Ed talked me out of that due to the fact the DC will suck my conditioned air out necessitating the return air. I plan to put the DC in the cold half of the barn. I could build a closet around it and insulate it and have a return air duct between the two barn areas but I thought that a better option was to put the cylone and motor and the noise in the cold side of the barn with the filters inside the shop ducted through the wall.
I figuring the noise is generated at the motor and impellor assembly but was wondering how much noise is generated from the filter area. At this point I am thinking of using about 4-5' of insulated duct between the cyclone and the filter with large radius turns through the wall and down to the filter. A couple of large radius elbows or maybe square duct made similair to the transition pieces would also come to mind. This would solve two problems - eliminating the closet and puting most of the noise outside the wood shop in the cold storage barn.
My concerns are:
-Is there going to be a significant reduction of noise with this set up?
-Is there any concerns with running warm air through the cyclone in the winter while it stays out in the cold?
-Is insulated duct between the filters and the cyclone necessary or would rigid duct be sufficient to reduce the noise factor.
-Would there be any concerns if I supported the filters horizontally in an affort to prevent utilizing shop space? (they would fit over the double swing door between the cold and heated shop - I was thinking a hinge set up to allow them to drop to vertical to facilitate cleaning the filters)
Thanks in advance for any and all advice
Charlie
I figuring the noise is generated at the motor and impellor assembly but was wondering how much noise is generated from the filter area. At this point I am thinking of using about 4-5' of insulated duct between the cyclone and the filter with large radius turns through the wall and down to the filter. A couple of large radius elbows or maybe square duct made similair to the transition pieces would also come to mind. This would solve two problems - eliminating the closet and puting most of the noise outside the wood shop in the cold storage barn.
My concerns are:
-Is there going to be a significant reduction of noise with this set up?
-Is there any concerns with running warm air through the cyclone in the winter while it stays out in the cold?
-Is insulated duct between the filters and the cyclone necessary or would rigid duct be sufficient to reduce the noise factor.
-Would there be any concerns if I supported the filters horizontally in an affort to prevent utilizing shop space? (they would fit over the double swing door between the cold and heated shop - I was thinking a hinge set up to allow them to drop to vertical to facilitate cleaning the filters)
Thanks in advance for any and all advice
Charlie