2hp Dust collector

**dcarbonetti** · 19th November 2021, 03:35 PM

way too much sawdust in my garage

I bought a $80 3hp unit with a dead 3 phase motor in hope of swapping the motor out before i moved here, but cant seem to find a single phase motor with the right shaft so i guess that's money down the drain

It also looks like there just isnt enough power in my garage to run it as well as anything else that is high power at the same time (looks to be just 16A on the fuse) and not sure if the conduit will allow anything else in it

so after a 2hp unit, ideally with a paper filter, and on a tight budget at the moment

**pippin88** · 19th November 2021, 07:06 PM

Buy 3hp motor and VFD.

Speed control.

Slow/soft start (no inrush surge).

**BobL** · 19th November 2021, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by pippin88

Buy 3hp motor and VFD. .

I think he means buy another 3P 3HP motor.

But he needs at least 10A to run that - what's your machine?

If its a 3HP machine then a 2HP DC and a 3HP machine is going to be up there just over 16A anyway.

**dcarbonetti** · 20th November 2021, 09:12 AM

Most power hungry thing i have at the moment is 2400w (router)

I currently have a triton workcentre saw and router table but planning in replacing them for an induction based saw and a cabinet router table

Might one day get a jointer and thicknesser

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**BobL** · 20th November 2021, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by dcarbonetti

Most power hungry thing i have at the moment is 2400w (router)

I currently have a triton workcentre saw and router table but planning in replacing them for an induction based saw and a cabinet router table

Might one day get a jointer and thicknesser

The 2400W router won't draw anywhere near 2400W unless it is very heavily loaded such as when using a very large round over or profiling bit.\s

Aside from when starting (and it may be it's a soft start motor so in that case starting won't matter) the 2400W motor in the router will nominally draw < 2A (500W) when free running and for most bits no more than about 6A (1.5kW) unless clogged a 2HP DC draws a constant 7A (~1700W) which adds up to 3.2kW (~13A) so your 16A breaker will cope with that especially as typical router use is not constant but intermittent.

Table saws, Jointers and thicknessers tend to be more constant use than routers so when you get those I would suggest getting a dedicated 15A circuit, maybe 2 - one for machinery and one for a DC.

**pippin88** · 20th November 2021, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by BobL

I think he means buy another 3P 3HP motor.

But he needs at least 10A to run that - what's your machine?

If its a 3HP machine then a 2HP DC and a 3HP machine is going to be up there just over 16A anyway.

Yes sorry, meant 3ph (3 phase)

**Wrongwayfirst** · 20th November 2021, 01:33 PM

I have a 2hp single phase minus the bag etc on a base.DA3B5B36-D701-44CC-ADB3-A2A4831D4E70.jpg
It’s in Geelong if you want to come for a drive. It is working and for a project I have never gotten around to doing,
cheers

**dcarbonetti** · 30th November 2021, 08:48 AM

This is done... got the blower from Wrongwayfirst

i cant seem to find an edit button though so this post will need to do

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