Most heating and cooling units still use a basic air filter. These filters protect the equipment only, but not the people served by the equipment. Moreover, they only remove 3 to 5% of the particles that pass through it. However, in the market, there are several types of permanent air filters available with different efficiencies for filtering the air in your home. So, for removing 99.98% of allergies from filtered air, Trane has been designing cleaneffects filtration system. Mostly who are suffering from allergies, asthma or breathing difficulties using these filters. Proper maintenance and cleaning is required as usual to your Trane clean effects filter. Here, you can know how to clean Trane cleaneffects filter yourself.
Table of Contents
1. How to Clean Trane Cleaneffects Filter?
2. Advantages of a Trane Cleaneffects Filter
3. Trane CleanEffects Filter Cleaning
4. Pre-Filter Cleaning
5. How to Clean Collection Cells in Clean Effects Filter?
6. Conclusion
How to Clean Trane Cleaneffects Filter?
Trane clean effects filter works 8 times more effective than the HEPA appliance and 100 times more than the standard 1" throwaway filter or ionic-type room appliance. It also removes particles that are 0.1 microns in size.
This filter removes the below types of particles from your air:
- Hair and dander.
- All types of pollen.
- Dust and lint.
- Mold, mildew and fungal spores.
- Small bacteria.
- Many viruses including influenza.
- Most tobacco smoke, smog and cooking grease particles.
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Advantages of a Trane Cleaneffects Filter
Now, we will have a look at the advantages of a cleaneffects filter before starting it’s cleaning process.
- Removes even small and more particles - Normal filters can remove particles down to 0.3 microns in size. Rather, cleaneffects filter remove particles up to 0.1 microns in size.
- High cleaning power - It has a clean air delivery rate of 1200 cubic ft. per minute. So, it will be ideal for homes that are treating the air 1500 to 2000 sq. feet.
- Low maintenance cost - No extra filters are needed or no need of replacement. Washing of prefilter every month and the collection cells every 3-9 months is enough. The indicator on the unit front indicates when cleaning is required.
- No pressure drop - The filter is designed to allow maximum airflow and mostly will not strain the air handler on your heating system.
- Quiet performance - It doesn't make any sounds like electrostatic cleaners.
- Minimal ozone production - Trane CleanEffects produces less ozone than what's naturally in our environment. It is good within regulated levels for medical devices.
This Trane cleaneffects filter includes components such as pre-filter, field charger, collection cell, cabinet, power door and power cable.
- Pre-filter traps large particles like hair and lint before they enter the collection cell.
- A field charger is used to charge the contaminants.
- Collection cell removes and collects very small impurities from the air.
- The cabinet is mounted in between the furnace/ air handler and return air ductwork. Also, houses the collection cells, pre-filter and field charger.
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Trane CleanEffects Filter Cleaning
- Turn off the heating or cooling system at the thermostat.
- Next, turn off power to the air cleaner by pushing and holding the power button for a few seconds. You can notice that the LED's will remain ON until the voltage has discharged and it is safe to remove the door. For removing the door, you may require 15 seconds. Make sure the door needs to be removed after all lights are turned off.
- Now, disconnect the power or control cable.
- Rotate two latches and remove the door.
- Next, remove the filter and collection cells from the cleaneffects air cleaner.
Vacuuming is the best method to clean the Trane CleanEffects filter's pre-filter and collection cells. Try to vacuum these components outside your home to ensure particles on the filter are not re-entered into the air.
Pre-Filter Cleaning
When the red "pre-filter" light is illuminated, you need to clean your pre-filter of air filter. It's the best thing to clean the pre-filter for every two months of the run time of air cleaner. Let's check the pre-filter cleaning process.
With a vacuum hose, you need to vacuum the pre-filter in even strokes across it's length. After vacuuming the whole pre-filter using even strokes going in one direction, repeat the same process using even strokes going in the opposite direction.
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How to Clean Collection Cells in Clean Effects Filter?
If the clean/ dirty LED light bar indicator illuminates, then you consider that your system cleans the air. These LED lights will continue from green to yellow and then to red. When the last indicator light is flashing as red, it's time to clean the collection cells.
Take a vacuum hose and vacuum in even strokes across the entire collection cell surface. You have to vacuum in one direction using even strokes and then repeat the same in the opposite direction.
Once the vacuuming has been done on one side, turn the cell over and repeat the process on the other side of collection cell.
Conclusion
As the Trane CleanEffects is the best air filter, maintain it properly to prevent minor issues and reduce extra costs for replacement. However, our instructions on how to clean Trane cleaneffects filter can help you for removing all particles. Note that the filter will operate fully after 15 minutes of the system running when you cleaned it so don't worry about the green light not blinking.
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