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   LRutherfor1 | Aug 14, 2002 07:11pm | #1

   I have an evaporative cooler (8500 CFM) to cool my shop.  I live in Las Vegas, and it does a wonderful job.  The only problem I've run into is that the moisture it puts in the air has a tendency to rust up anything that I don't keep waxed.  Yesterday, it was 118 here and the shop stayed at 78.  My dust collector has little or no effect on the efficiency of the cooler.

   Len (Len's Custom Woodworking)

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   jeffn7 | Aug 14, 2002 07:19pm | #2

   can you put a return vent from the DC (assuming you have it in a structure of some kind) to the shop in order to return the cool air back to the shop?

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   dhpascoe | Aug 14, 2002 08:39pm | #3

   No reason why not, plus you could add a replaceable additional filter to get out the real fine stuff as it comes back in.

   I have AC and no DC. Instead, I use a large high cap two stage filter. Not an ideal solution, but good enough until I can afford to install a DC system.

   One of these days I'll finish refining the shop and actually make something . . .

   Dave of Fla.

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   Dale | Aug 16, 2002 02:44am | #4

   Hey Mike,

   I think Sandor Nagyszalanczy's book Woodshop Dust control talks about return air from a DC.  I just got my second A/C for the shop in yesterday off of EBAY.  Going to put this one in the bench room, as I spend 75% of my time in there.  Now maybe I can drink coffee with out sweating!! 

   Come see me,

   Dale

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   PlaneWood | Aug 16, 2002 06:07am | #5

   Dale -

   As you probably know, I want to get this dust out, and as far away as I can get it!

   Didn't need AC today!  Got about 6" of rain here.  12" down around Galveston.

   Mike

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_KatyPlaneWood

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   dhpascoe | Aug 16, 2002 04:47pm | #6

   You, too, huh? I drink Starbucks all day long - very low caffein in high quality coffee. I picke up a new Whirlpool wall banger from Lowes and it is incredibly quiet and stuck it so that it blows right on my work bench.

   While I could probably tolerate the heat and humidity, my machines and tools certainly can't. Sweaty hands do a real number on table saw tops. I have one big black hand print from where a UPS driver placed his sweaty mitt right in the middle and I didn't notice until it was too late. The AC is now pure heaven minus the 72 virgins ;-)

   Dave of Fla.