I have a electro-static air cleaner. This electrical system init is inside the air-condition/heater air duct. This system has a removable electro-static charged plates in the air flow.
In time, these plates are coated with dirt. I can wipe it off using a Q-tip. But these fins are too narrow gaps to wash. I tried Windex and did not do much. Is there a good way to wash off these dust & dirt?
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will it fit in your auto dishwasher? that will degrease it nicely.
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That's what the manufacturer suggested for mine; but I found the idea to be at best a bit unappetizing...
Far better, for me at least, was to hose it down vigorously in the driveway.
Take care.
Ken
Your choice, but you breathe whatever crud is on it.
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Probably the dust contains quite a bit of polonium etc. like the dust that sticks to TV screens. If you wipe down a recently used TV and try it with a geiger counter, it's quite interesting. I think it comes from the decay products of radon. If the dust is left for a few days then it is no longer noticeably radioactive.
Chris
The brand: White Rogers, Electro-Air Super Slim Twin, Electo-Air Cleaner. Model: SST. Model # 20C26S-01002.
We tried: Dishwasher, windex, 409, hosing it down, garden hose, -- not effective.
It still has lots of continous spark when the air-conditioner is running.
Either the dirt is not on the plates, but elsewhere in the device, or else you've bent one or more of the plates.
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When it sticks to it, it does not come off to breath.
Especially smoke particles are best taken off by spraying with a harsh cleaner like Castrol Superclean or Greased Lightning. Spray it on, let soak, and wash it off. repeat if necessary. Large dust particles should first be driven off with an outside air gun or water hose.
greg
I have tried to measure with hand counters and can no get anything to register. You really need a long term monitor to measure very small traces. While I have not actually tried the TV, I have tried carbon filters.
There might be a film or discoloring or corrosion on the plates which will only slighty affect performance.
greg
A good dishwasher (makes and) uses 180F water, a strong chlorine- bleach/phosphorous-based detergent and considerable heat to dry. It also will accept and clean (properly) unrinsed plates complete with pasta-sauce and small bits of food, fine china and so forth. I am not so sure which is less appetizing: congealed food, grease and gravy or dust and oils taken out of the air that... coincidentally.... we also breath. Either way, the actual quantities involved inside that filter are in the milligrams vs. the many grams on a single dinner plate.
The dishwasher (if a good one) is the way to go. You just might be shocked and amazed at what has gone through our unit, with uniformly good results.
Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA
If the assembly is plastic, I would be carefull with heat.
You can also cook fish in the dishwasher.
greg
Top rack.
One "steams" fish in a dishwasher. Cooking it is hardly the correct term. Bluefish does very nicely that way but I still prefer a traditional steamer....
Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA
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Auto dishwasher detergent is superb at removing grease. Perhaps the detergent the OP used left a anti-spotting film and that's why the filter arcs.
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I never use the dryer built into the dishwasher. for electronics,I use a temp-controlled drying oven.
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We have a unit that does not have an exposed drying element but uses hot air blown across an internal coil. So it is far more gentle on plastics than otherwise.I have put motors, circuit boards and all sorts of stuff through with no harm or residue. The most impressive 'clean' is when we put the grease-catching filters from the exhaust hood through, although the hot-tub filters are a close second.
I would not use an exposed-element DW to dry anything electronic as you suggest.
Peter Wieck Wyncote, PA
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I found Simple Green, used full strength, to be great at melting off the nicotine film on stuff.
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First time I heard that the filter arcs.
If it arcs long, carbon traces can form, and that would be hard to clean up.
greg
The entire assembly is metal. I think all the internal fins are aluminum or tin?
OK. Look and check, no broken wires or bent plates. However, inside the fins are coated with blackened dust. Unable to wash the dirt off inside. The wires are too thin to reach inside.
No, cannot close the Electro-Air Cleaner lid which plug the unit into AC power.
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