I have a quick question on splitting DC while maintaining maximum airflow.
My thinking is that if I keep the total area of the branches as close the area of the 4" mainline I should get what I'm looking for without starving the DC. For instance a 4" DC hose has a face area of 12.6", so I can have a 3" (7.07sq in) and a 2.5" (4.91sq in) branches and still be moving the roughly the same volume of air.
I realize theory and reality are 2 different things and design has a lot to do with it, but is my basic thinking correct?
The idea is to split an single connection between the bottom and back DC chute on the BT3100 and between the router chamber and fence on an enclosed router table. I'd like to make it as efficient as possible... I'm sick of the mess.
My thinking is that if I keep the total area of the branches as close the area of the 4" mainline I should get what I'm looking for without starving the DC. For instance a 4" DC hose has a face area of 12.6", so I can have a 3" (7.07sq in) and a 2.5" (4.91sq in) branches and still be moving the roughly the same volume of air.
I realize theory and reality are 2 different things and design has a lot to do with it, but is my basic thinking correct?
The idea is to split an single connection between the bottom and back DC chute on the BT3100 and between the router chamber and fence on an enclosed router table. I'd like to make it as efficient as possible... I'm sick of the mess.
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