Remote install - electrical
Remote install - electrical
Rob,
As you asked, I am attaching some pictures or at least attempting to. (Perhaps all this should be moved to a more appropriate area in the forum.)
Yes, I bought the CV1800 a couple of years ago along with everything I thought I would need, including pipe and fittings. I'm just now getting to where I can install everything. Building a shop by yourself from clearing the ground to painting the walls can't be rushed! BTW, my shop is 25'x62' with heat and air, DC and air compressor in a sound-insulated room, DC ducts above the ceiling, and includes an office, welding room, machine shop area, electronics bench, and vehicle maintenance bay as well as wood working. Good fun!
It was a bit involved to redesign the control system and I don't expect too many people would take the effort. However, the two biggest improvements for a remote cyclone installation are trivial to make:
1) To put the remote controller receiver in the main room instead of in the cyclone closet simply requires putting the receiver on the other end of the 14ga NM cable that has to be run anyway.
2) Having two controller disconnect switches wired in series (one in the shop and one in the closet) requires running one additional 14ga NM cable. 110v power can be supplied on either end. I do recommend using a pilot light at least on the switch in the shop.
The photos, assuming I uploaded and attached them properly, show my electrical installation. The first should show the slightly modified CV electrical box with a motor disconnect switch mounted in the left-hand duplex box instead of the 110v receptacle which is no longer needed. The breaker boxes on either side are for the cyclone and air compressor (which share the sound control room) and a 110v subpanel to power lights and the controller with the first controller disconnect switch. (the second breaker box was not strictly needed but was convenient) The second photo shows the plastic box in the shop area that contains all the components of the McRabbet controller (except the bin sensors, of course) plus the Carlon wireless remote receiver. Below is the second controller disconnect switch. The third photo is a peak inside the shop box. I think I sent this photo to you in August of '13, or meant to.
JKJ