Flintshooter
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After a couple of years of wanting to upgrade its looking like I might actually be able to swing it financially in the not too distant future.
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday on Bill Pentz’s website trying to find what he wrote about the importance of the upward slanted inlet. I know that I read it years ago but I can’t find it now.
Here’s the problem. I want to use a 55 gallon drum and whether I install inside or outside the actual duct is going to have to go level in a hurry. An outside install would gain me close to a foot because the ground drops more on that side of the building but even there I won’t be able to get the cyclone inlet low enough to allow much of an upward slant to the duct work.
How critical is it for the duct pipe to slant up from the inlet for an appreciable (or any) distance?
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday on Bill Pentz’s website trying to find what he wrote about the importance of the upward slanted inlet. I know that I read it years ago but I can’t find it now.
Here’s the problem. I want to use a 55 gallon drum and whether I install inside or outside the actual duct is going to have to go level in a hurry. An outside install would gain me close to a foot because the ground drops more on that side of the building but even there I won’t be able to get the cyclone inlet low enough to allow much of an upward slant to the duct work.
How critical is it for the duct pipe to slant up from the inlet for an appreciable (or any) distance?