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Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-vac $.02

To: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>, "'Shop Talk'" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-vac $.02
From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:28:00 -0600
My 1970 Dayton (Grainger) shop vac runs some air through the motor - the 
main airstream is exhausted just below the elevated case of the motor, and 
most of it spreads out radially, but a bit is drawn through the motor itself 
for cooling.

Karl



>> Unlike the Ridgid, the vacuum airflow does not go through the motor.
>
> WTF?  Even my cheap plastic Sears (not Craftsman) unit doesn't run suction
> air through the motor!  Dust even from common materials like flour can be
> very explosive and vacuum cleaner motors emit sparks.
>
> -- Randall
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