I decided on the Clearvue cyclone and so far I am not impressed. I am hoping that that performance will make up for the installation issues. Here are some comments:
I purchased the $45 mounting bracket and wish I hadn't. It is very cheap 1/8" thick aluminum and while it may support the cyclone, I do not want to trust this large of an investment to something so cheap. Spend a few extra bucks and make a unistrut mount with 1/4" steel shelf brackets. Also, there is nothing in the manual about wall clearance. After spending hours coming up with an acceptable wall mount and hoisting the motor up I find that it ends up too close to the wall to mount the blower housing, so back to square one. And the aluminum brackets would have the same issue. The manual is very lacking in both instructions and pictures. The pictures in the manual are not high enough resolution to see the order of nuts and washers on the motor mount.
Once I figure out how to take down the motor, remake my mount and rehang the motor I will post more progress and observations.
I purchased the $45 mounting bracket and wish I hadn't. It is very cheap 1/8" thick aluminum and while it may support the cyclone, I do not want to trust this large of an investment to something so cheap. Spend a few extra bucks and make a unistrut mount with 1/4" steel shelf brackets. Also, there is nothing in the manual about wall clearance. After spending hours coming up with an acceptable wall mount and hoisting the motor up I find that it ends up too close to the wall to mount the blower housing, so back to square one. And the aluminum brackets would have the same issue. The manual is very lacking in both instructions and pictures. The pictures in the manual are not high enough resolution to see the order of nuts and washers on the motor mount.
Once I figure out how to take down the motor, remake my mount and rehang the motor I will post more progress and observations.