Re: automation for dust collector

[Lewis Gardner <lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hank wrote:

> I am familiar with electronics, including relays and timer circuits,
> and am interested in any sugggestions on how to accompish this task.
> In particular, is there a way to detect when the motor in any of the
> tools starts without having to wire directly into the switch?  Is there
> a way to do this without running additional wiring to all of the tools?

Nuts and Volts magazine had a project in the March and April 2002
issues. A video can be found here:

www.nutsvolts.com/vacutron.mpg