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Ultrasonic cleaning?

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I have the larger Harbor Freight model which will -barely- fit 2 carb bodies and it works fairly well with some Simple Green HD in it, especially when preheated:

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mikerophone said:
I have the larger Harbor Freight model which will -barely- fit 2 carb bodies and it works fairly well with some Simple Green HD in it, especially when preheated:

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Just a note for those that may not consider this. The carbs really need to be completely submerged in order to clean them properly. Any exposed areas above the solution line do not get cleaned at all. I've found that it's not the volume of the sonic cleaner that critical as is the depth. A 6L tank that's only 3" deep will be of no use for carb cleaning. I built my last sonic cleaner around a 6" deep 1/4 size steamer pan. Perfect size for me.

Also you need to consider that mass of what you're cleaning. The higher the mass of the object and the higher the fluid density, the more power is needed to produce proper cavitation. If you're out of spec, you may hear a sizzle but nothing is really being cleaned. No cavitation= no cleaning.
 
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I'd love a deeper one, but I use it like once a year... So I just rotate the bodies 4 times, 90 degrees at a time.

Granted my bike doesn't have that many miles on it, but look at those carb bodies shine!
 
Just an update on this guys. I contacted the seller and he sent me instructions on how to remove the base and wanted pics which I did. Didnt take long for me to see the problem. The transducer had burnt out for some reason


They gave me a full refund and said to keep the old one so might repair it if I can find a source of a transducer.
 
From the picture, that's a pretty crappy soldering job on those transducers.

Do you know if you have a 40khz or 28khz cleaner. Might be on the model label. Most cleaners use the 40khz transducers. The transducers are pretty easy to find and are pretty inexpensive. You can pick them up on ebay all day long. Here's an ebay sample: 60W 40khz transducer

Seems strange that the transducer burnt out like that. Very possible that the drive board is bad. Did the cleaner only come with one transducer? Of so it's a piece of junk with very insufficient power to clean anything but jewelry. It's possible that the unit you received had the wrong voltage setting or the wrong driver board since you're in the UK.

You can pick up a combination of transducer and driver board for pretty cheap as well. Just do an ebay search for 40khz transducer driver and a number of them will pop up. Just make sure you're buying one with at least 100W of power, two transducers and for the correct voltage (220V-240V) for your area.
 
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JTGS850GL said:
From the picture, that's a pretty crappy soldering job on those transducers.

Do you know if you have a 40khz or 28khz cleaner. Might be on the model label. Most cleaners use the 40khz transducers. The transducers are pretty easy to find and are pretty inexpensive. You can pick them up on ebay all day long. Here's an ebay sample: 60W 40khz transducer

Seems strange that the transducer burnt out like that. Very possible that the drive board is bad. Did the cleaner only come with one transducer? Of so it's a piece of junk with very insufficient power to clean anything but jewelry. It's possible that the unit you received had the wrong voltage setting or the wrong driver board since you're in the UK.

You can pick up a combination of transducer and driver board for pretty cheap as well. Just do an ebay search for 40khz transducer driver and a number of them will pop up. Just make sure you're buying one with at least 100W of power, two transducers and for the correct voltage (220V-240V) for your area.
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Its a single transducer 50w 40khz. Yeah first think i saw when I took the base off was the poor solder. Been looking for replacements and found a couple on ebay but again from china. Got another cleaner coming that Im gonna try. Only want it for carb cleaning so wont use it much anyway.
 
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