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Loud, repetitious | 1. | Dust collector is not on a flat surface and | 1. | Stabilize the dust collector. |
noise, or excessive |
| wobbles. |
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vibration coming | 2. | Impeller is loose or damaged and | 2. | Disconnect dust collector from power, and inspect |
from dust collector. |
| unbalanced. |
| the impeller for dents, bends, loose fins. Replace |
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| impeller if any damage is found. |
| 3. | The motor mounting or housing | 3. | Make sure all fasteners on the dust collector are |
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| connections are loose. |
| tight. |
| 4. | Impeller is loose on the motor shaft. | 4. | Replace the motor and impeller as a set if the |
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| motor shaft and the impeller hub are damaged. |
| 5. | Motor fan cover is dented, causing the | 5. | Replace motor fan cover. |
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| motor fan to hit the cover while spinning. |
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Dust collector does | 1. | Dust collection bags are full. | 1. | Empty collection bags. |
not adequately | 2. | Filters are dirty. | 2. | Clean filters. |
collect dust | 3. | (G0601) Motor is wired out of phase | 3. | (G0601) Motor is receiving power |
or chips; poor |
| and the impeller is rotating in the |
| Disconnect the machine from power, then |
performance. |
| wrong direction (clockwise). |
| swap any two of the incoming hot power leads |
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| terminated inside the control box (see Step 10 |
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| on Page 32). |
| 4. | There is a restriction in the duct line. | 4. | Remove dust line from dust collector inlet and |
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| unblock the restriction in the duct line. A plumbing |
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| snake may be necessary. |
| 5. | The dust collector is too far away from | 5. | Relocate the dust collector closer to the point of |
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| the point of suction, or there are too many |
| suction, and rework ducting without sharp bends. |
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| sharp bends in the ducting. |
| Refer to Designing Ducting System, beginning |
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| 6. | The lumber is wet and dust is not flowing | 6. | Process lumber with less than 20% moisture |
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| through the ducting smoothly. |
| content. |
| 7. | There is a leak in the ducting, or a series | 7. | Rework the ducting to eliminate all leaks. Close |
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| of small leaks, or too many open ports. |
| dust ports for lines not being used. Refer to |
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| Designing Ducting System beginning on Page |
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| 35 for more solutions. |
| 8. | There are not enough open branch lines at | 8. | Open 1 or 2 more blast gates to different branch |
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| one time, thereby causing a velocity drop |
| lines to allow the velocity in the main line to |
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| increase. |
| 9. | The ducting and ports are incorrectly | 9. | Reinstall correctly sized ducts and fittings. Refer |
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| sized. |
| to Designing Ducting System beginning on Page |
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| 35 for more solutions. |
| 10. | The machine dust collection design is | 10. | Use a dust collection nozzle on a stand. |
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| inadequate. |
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| 11. | The dust collector is too small for the dust | 11. | Install a larger dust collector to power your dust |
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| collection system. |
| collection system. |
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Sawdust being | 1. | Duct clamps or dust collection bags are | 1. | |
blown into the |
| not properly clamped and secured. |
| sure duct and bag clamps are tight and completely |
air from the dust |
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| over the ducts and bags. |
collector. | 2. | Cylinder or funnel seals are loose or | 2. | Retighten all mounting and sealing points, replace |
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| damaged. |
| damaged gaskets. |
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Model G0442/G0601 (Mfg Since 8/10) |