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April 7, 2019 at 2:02 pm #1373788
I just plugged in my sonic bath and there was a loud pop and a bright flash of light from it. Theres no way I’m plugging that back in. I prefer it when my house isn’t burnt down. It was a cheapo from ebay in march 2017. Has anyone got any reccomendations for economic replacements, or should I just head back to ebay anf spend another £20? I can’t be doing with cleaning my airbrush responsibly by hand. I’ve gotten too use to the life of sonic luxury.
April 7, 2019 at 4:44 pm #1373854Have you checked the voltage? 110 versus 220 makes a big deal. I did the same thing to somebody’s stereo system when I was a kid living in Europe and had no idea what a transformer was.
If you bought it off the fleabay then it was likely Chinese and potentially set for 110 in North America. I’ve looked at ventilation recently and there’s a UK manufacturer that offers conversion for a small fee extra. The problem is that its more than my compressor and current ventilation now at around $300. On top of that I’d say that the next compressor that’d use oil will be about double that price. The cost of quality is dear but ultrasonic isn’t really so.
A tip I picked up from YouTube was threading the same material used in root canals through the nozzle. I haven’t picked up any yet but it would help with any clogs inside to bring down the instance of drytip.
April 7, 2019 at 9:29 pm #1374037Its 2 years old. it died because of age I’m guessing. if voltage was an issue surely it wold have blown up a long time ago? I use it often.
April 8, 2019 at 3:55 pm #1374393I had a look. it was 220-240v, which is the uk range. Sometimes capacitors just blow. I’ve lost things to them before. Thats what appears to have happened here.
April 29, 2019 at 6:07 pm #1384206Thank you for this post.This is very interesting information for me.
April 29, 2019 at 9:58 pm #1384283@horati0nosebl0wer you’ll notice that the first time … trust me. I know too.
This reads more like it died of old age, because that too can happen to power supplies.@lawnor did you check if there was a fuse in the device ? IF you’re lucky then that may have been the *poof* you’ve heard.
April 30, 2019 at 9:28 am #1384408It went in the bin a while ago. The replacement turned up yesterday. It looks identical to the past one, but for all I know its just a common plastic shell.
April 30, 2019 at 9:56 am #1384431Can I ask which model you bought @lawnor? I’m thinking about getting one to try it out. I’d use my airbrush more if it was less hassle to clean.
April 30, 2019 at 10:11 am #1384437I bought this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352533948637
600ml VGT-800 Mini Jewelry Ultrasonic Cleaner Ultra Sonic Cleaning
It looks the same as the last one I bought. I haven’t actually taken the wrapping off it yet but I’m assuming its the same as the one I bought last time. It is big enough to hold my airbrush parts, but not too much bigger. It was the cheapest version of the same design that was on eBay. I paid £18 all in. I think I paid around £20 last time. £20 for 2+ years is reasonable.
I follow Justin’s mix from a previous weekender to put inside. Mostly water, with a squeeze of dish soap and Airbrush Cleaner.
April 30, 2019 at 6:03 pm #1384737By the way, this does not replace cleaning. You should still give your components a wipe down to remove the obvious clutter and cleaning inside the tip is always wise. This just ensures you do a more thorough job than you can by hand before putting it away at the end of the day. I’d recommend putting it through a few cycles the first time you use it to let it “catch up”. When you fish your parts out of the bath water will remain inside them. I like to blow through anything I can to remove moisture and leave them out to dry somewhere ideally dust free between uses. That’s probably overkill and a few hours – overnight should be enough.
I did encounter one new problem from using a sonic bath. Inside the part of mine that connects to the pipe there is a small screw used to adjust pressure or something. The vibrations slowly turned the screw over many cycles and my airbrush started playing up. It took a while to work out what the problem was (And the help of people on this forum). Ever since then I remove that part before anything goes in the bath.
In case this isn’t clear, break down your airbrush before sonicing it. Only wash the parts that paint could get to. I leave the spring out of the bath too.
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