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Posted on: 6/25/06 4:13 PM ET


For those of you who have electronic air cleaners on your furnace (you know, the ones that snap to let you know they're working), how do you clean them?



  
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Posted on: 6/25/06 5:48 PM ET
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I take them outside, hose them off, scrub them with a long-bristle brush and something like Dawn dish liquid, and hose 'em off to rinse.

You should have an owner's manual, or the mfr should have a website with Care&Feeding instructions. Some brands can go into the automatic dishwasher.
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Posted on: 6/25/06 5:54 PM ET
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Some people take their's to a carwash if it has a filter.. Our's is a differant kind with an ultraviolet light that doesn't have a filter..
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Posted on: 6/25/06 6:08 PM ET
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I used to put mine in the dishwasher. In fact, that's the only thing that ever got the center of the plates clean. I bought a new dishwasher, and because of the way the door's designed, can't close it with the air cleaner in there. I clean mine once a month, because it gets really black and constantly snaps. Hosing it off outside in the winter months isn't workable. It never really got mine clean anyway.


Oops.....edited because this question goes to inStitches:

A car wash? I'm sitting here laughing because my air cleaner doesn't have four wheels, and I can't even visualize how people are doing this. Do you know?


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Posted on: 6/25/06 7:46 PM ET
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well ....not the automatic drive thru carwash of course, the "do-it-yourself" kind, where I presume you lay the filter on the floor, of the carwash stall, & soap it, and rinse, it like you do your car, your floormats etc. Also coco-wet powder works as a good wetting, soaping agent.
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Posted on: 6/25/06 8:19 PM ET
I run mine through the dishwasher after taking the top rack out. It works great! We've had it for over 20 years, and it seems to be just fine. That's what they told me to do with it, so I do it. Their other idea was to put it in the bathtub, which sounded like "ick" to me. HTH!
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Posted on: 6/25/06 9:12 PM ET
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That's how I did mine, too, until I got a new dishwasher. It fits in, but the door won't close. A long time ago I used to soak it in a stationery tub with powdered Cascade . Never again. The black gunk collected in the center inside wouldn't come off doing it like that anyway. Those things are heavy, too. The dishwasher was great. I think I'm going to have to discard and use disposable filters. Have to get the furnace opening reconfigured somehow for that, though.

  
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Posted on: 6/25/06 9:16 PM ET
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What's coco-wet powder wetting agent? How do you use it and where would you purchase it?
  
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Posted on: 6/25/06 10:39 PM ET
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I'm an organic gardener so I have this in my "gardening stash" it's a wetting agent..It used to be available in Kmart or BigK. Could do a google search. It's a very safe, environmentally friendly product. I belong to "gardenweb" forum and if you do a search in there it will come up. Might be in liquid form now. Basic-H (shaklee) ,LOC (Amway) all have wetting agents too. I'm not endorsing any of these, nor do I sell them. I just dig dirt & garden.
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Posted on: 6/25/06 11:10 PM ET
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OK..........thanks for the info, but I'm still confused on how I would use it to clean my air filter. Sorry. I'm feeling a little ignorant at the moment.

Organic gardening, huh. Are you familiar with the Brandywine tomato?


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