Sethmetal Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Would this unit work okay as a dust collector for my spray booth? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Disp...temnumber=45378 I want to capture all the over spray and blowing it to my neighbor's house is unacceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 ummmm........there should be no need for DUST collection in a spray booth. You need an exhaust fan. That unit will NOT wok for a spray booth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 It will suck out the overspray, but will do nothing for protection from fumes. All the fumes will escape into the atmosphere anyway. And personally, I'm not sure I'd want a plastic and cloth bag full of paint fumes sitting there especially not in a horror freight unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethmetal Posted June 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 So an explosion proof fan is the better alternative. Where can I find an inexpensive one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Where can I find an inexpensive one? Thats an oxymoron. Let me know if you do though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I recently got a blower given to me from a big Ventahood system from a kitchen, it's huge and hopefully I can use it for a dust collection system, but I have also been tempted to use it just for a spray booth instead. I was told by someone at work who has been working in maintenance for years, that it would work and it didn't need to be explosion proof since the blower was sealed off from the motor. Which it is, but I had always heard you need an explosion proof motor, but that's not always the case if the motor is isolated from the blower, it isn't necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 In a lab, where I used to work, the spray booth had an exhaust fan (for fumes) and another device to catch the overspray. It was a wall, a trough, and a pump to run water down the wall. Overspray, except what was scattering off what was being painted, would get trapped in the water curtain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bones Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I think the term Explosion proof refers to the motor and blower being isolated from each other. I don't think and of the devilbiss"explosion proof" fans can really survive explosions, just that they won't explode, because the motor and therefore sparks are isolated from the fumes. could be wrong. Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 (edited) Makes more sense than a motor surving explosions I can see danger in paint fumes getting in the motor's intake thoug Edited July 9, 2005 by Pr3Va1L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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