I have a challenge for the electronically inclined members of the forum and am hopeful someone already had this idea. The ultimate goal is to use the very nice Festool remote button to start my single phase 220V RL 160. I don¡¯t want to hard wire any auto starts and while I am open to an off the shelf solution (have not located one) the end goal is the Festool watch face sized button remote with the receiver/pair button being installed in the dust collector (plenty of room to cut an opening and run wiring behind for a clean look.
Parts on hand already secured to facilitate experiments are one Festool remote module kit, one CT 36E dust extractor for power or interface research (of course the one I had was too old and incompatible) , one Ziehl STW1K (the blue brick Felder sells as the interface), one of the inductance coils STWA1, and a doorbell transformer in case it comes down to tricking the Ziehl coil to make a trigger signal. One trial indicated that a one amp draw through the coil at 220v sent out 15v but it was not a precise study.?
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Mike B
