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RogerS wrote:Would weighing it be an option?
Or a small porthole in the side of the box?
TrimTheKing wrote:That's why I used the Cyclone Central pressure valve as I exploded my first cyclone that same way !
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Mark
Andyp wrote:TrimTheKing wrote:That's why I used the Cyclone Central pressure valve as I exploded my first cyclone that same way !
Cheers
Mark
They have stopped selling those valves now. So I will have to make my own. They provide details on how to put one together and links to some suitable magnets.
http://www.cyclonecentral.co.uk/HowToMa ... sureValve/
Mike G wrote:I'm thinking of a float on an arm from a toilet cistern, and a switch turning off the extractor and turning on a warning light. This won't suit all circumstances, I guess, but suits me as I am planning on a big home-made drop-box.
Mike G wrote:.... I am planning on a big home-made drop-box.
9fingers wrote:Mike G wrote:I'm thinking of a float on an arm from a toilet cistern, and a switch turning off the extractor and turning on a warning light. This won't suit all circumstances, I guess, but suits me as I am planning on a big home-made drop-box.
Mike,
I'm not sure that the sawdust will give a ball float significant lift and might just get buried.
Bob
RogerS wrote:I don't think it will work, Mike. The float is in mid-air, then gradually the dust and chips rise up. But when they get to the float, they are surely just going to land on top of the float, fall down the sides but not underneath which is where you need it. Water flows underneath naturally but dust and chips won't. You will have a dust shadow underneath the float.
RogerS wrote:I still like the idea of a light beam....interrupted when the box gets full
9fingers wrote:RogerS wrote:I still like the idea of a light beam....interrupted when the box gets full
Capacitative sensor should be even better. No risk of lenses getting covered in dust.
Bob
Robert wrote:we got one of these IR beam alarms from maplin. bought it to know if the cat jumped up on the kitchen worktop so it could be discouraged from the idea. The cat stopped jumping up when the alarm was there but footprints just showed it had learned when to stay off.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/security-beam ... larm-vh87u
Guess it could monitor wood chippings as well as cats
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