For many years, I have been using the power switch on my BT3000 to turn on the shop vac as well as the saw itself. My old shop vac was a low powered unit and together with the BT3K’s motor didn’t exceed the 20 amp. rating of the contacts in the switch. That all changed when I replaced the shop vac with an industrial model of Shop Vac. After several weeks of forgetting to turn on the vac when I started the saw, I knew I had to go back to the automatic method of starting the dust collector. Fortunately, Sears had the solution for this problem. They have a $20 tool triggered outlet device that plugs into a standard duplex outlet and provides two outlets that are switched on when the tool that is
plugged into the primary receptacle on the device is turned on.
plugged into the primary receptacle on the device is turned on.