Hi all, In November I added a Dust Deputy to my shop, using a large (5.5 hp) Craftsman shop vac. The vac is about 5 yrs old but has little use. I've been noticing a smell of something hot when running it, as if wood were burning. It doesn't smell like burnt/worn electric motors I have smelled int the past.
I have definitly narrowed it to the vacuum. Is this normal wood dust causing this odor as it goes through the vac, or is the vac dying? I am using 2.25 hose and there is no vacuum system, I just move the hose to each machine. When I emptied the vacuum to dump the dust, it had little to no sawdust in it. This odor has only been happening the last week or 2.
I realize it is most likely a bad vac, but don't want to replace it if this a normal thing with the dust collector.
Thanks
I have definitly narrowed it to the vacuum. Is this normal wood dust causing this odor as it goes through the vac, or is the vac dying? I am using 2.25 hose and there is no vacuum system, I just move the hose to each machine. When I emptied the vacuum to dump the dust, it had little to no sawdust in it. This odor has only been happening the last week or 2.
I realize it is most likely a bad vac, but don't want to replace it if this a normal thing with the dust collector.
Thanks