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   MikeHennessy | Aug 17, 2009 07:22pm | #1

   Don't know about the bare stranded wire source, but flex hose already has a metal "spring"/conductor in it. You may want to try simply grounding that existing internal conductor and see if that does the trick.

   Mike Hennessy
   Pittsburgh, PA
   Everything fits, until you put glue on it.

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   JoeWood | Aug 17, 2009 08:34pm | #2

   Thanks Mike, turns out my local Rockler store has that ground wire, also got some of that clear flexible hose to replace the black hose I was using. The clear is much smoother inside :-)http://woodsshop.com/

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   forestgirl | Aug 18, 2009 01:03am | #3

   This article on DC ground may be worth reading before you go to all that trouble.

   I'll fix the title of your post. 

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   Dave45 | Aug 18, 2009 04:45pm | #4

   Great catch, FG!!I thought that this topic had been beaten into oblivion already. - lol

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   forestgirl | Aug 18, 2009 06:36pm | #5

   It comes up occasionally still.  Keep in mind, too, that not everone agrees with Rod's conclusions.  I certainly don't worry about dust explosions, and try to avoid the static shocks.  But if I do get a shock (very occasionally), I look at it as an effective way to wake up without the use of caffeine.  If I had a pacemaker, I might be less cavalier about it, LOL!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   JoeWood | Aug 19, 2009 05:46am | #6

   Thanks for that ling FG, but The reason I wanted to finally ground my black flex hose was because of the chip dent I've been getting when planing old growth wr cedar. When I'd walk under the hose my hair would stand up from the static, and I heard that grounding might help the flow.Here's what I did. I found that ground wire at my local Rockler store. I also picked up some new clear flex hose that has a spiral wire all around the outside. The rep said to just ground each end of that wire and not even run a new wire inside.That's what I did, and now I have 0 static when I walk around the hose. Kind of neat seeing all the chips getting sucked away too.Cleared up my chip dent about 50% too :-)http://woodsshop.com/

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   Don01 | Aug 20, 2009 07:45am | #7

   Interesting finding Joe.
   1. Do you find fine dust clinging to the exterior of the flex hose?
   2. Did you purchase PVC or polyurethane flex hose? In my part of the world polyurethane is almost double the cost.Dr. Cole's studies focused on rigid PVC drain pipe, which should have different chemical and electrical properties than the flexible PVC and/or polyurethane products. I have invited him to comment on the flexible hose issues.Don

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   JoeWood | Aug 20, 2009 03:26pm | #8

   Don, i'm not sure but the hose material is soft, so maybe it's polyurethane? http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16957no dust clings to it, but neither did it cling to my (ungrounded) regular black flex hose.http://woodsshop.com/