5400 Inlet Cleaning

 

Purpose:  To clean the PM10 and Sharp Cut Cyclone (SSC) inlets.

 

Required Equipment:          Squirt bottle with distilled water

                                                Pipe cleaners

                                                Soft bristle brush

2” wide paint brush

Lint free cloths (Tee shirt material will do)

#2 Phillips screwdriver, Gas pliers

Kimwipes and/or Scott paper towels (Scott brand is the most lint free)

Krytox grease

Additional Items, if available:  Compressed air for blow drying parts,

                                                                                                        Plastic container (9”x14”x4” deep) for washing parts.

 

References:  5400 manual

 

Identifying the 5400 inlets and sub-assemblies 

 

 


                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sharp Cut Cyclone (SCC PM-2.5) Inlet

 

 

Disassembling and cleaning the PM-10 inlet

 

  1. Carefully remove the Rain Jar and set it aside.
  2. Unscrew the Collector Assembly from Acceleration Assembly and set it aside.
  3. Set the Acceleration Assembly upside-down on its top plate and remove the 4 pan head screws on the bottom side.   Note: It may be necessary to use pliers on the stand-offs to keep them from turning.
  4. Lift the Acceleration Assembly off the top plates.
  5. Lift the lower plate up and carefully remove the insect screen.

                       

 

  1. If compressed air is available, blow off all of the inlet parts (outside).
  2. Fill the plastic container with about 1” of distilled water.
  3. Wash the insect screen, top & lower plates with the paint brush, shake or blow dry and, if possible, set in the sun to dry.
  4. Dip the acceleration assembly in the distilled water and use the paint brush to scrub the inside clean.
  5. Use the squirt bottle to rinse the acceleration assembly, pay particular attention to the area around the acceleration nozzle on the inside.  Rinse several times.

 


                                   

  1. Clean the inside of the acceleration nozzle by pushing a moist piece of cloth or Kimwipe through it.
  2. Shake or blow and wipe dry and set out in the sun to completely dry.
  3. With a moist Kimwipe, wipe out the rain jar and set out to dry.

 

Cleaning the Collector Assembly

 

  1. Squirt distilled water onto the collector plate and through vent tubes.

Dirt may cake up on the collector plate in this area, use a #2 pencil eraser to scrub it off.
 

Vent Tubes
 
                                   

  1. Use the small soft bristle brush to clean the collector plate and in and around the vent tubes.
  2. Rinse thoroughly, several times with the squirt bottle and distilled water.
  3. Clean the inside of the Vent Tubes by running a piece of moist cloth or Kimwipe through them.
  4. On the bottom side of the collector assembly, squirt distilled water inside the assembly and use a cloth or Kimwipe to wipe it out.

 

                       

  1. Wipe the rain jar cover with a moist cloth or Kimwipe.
  2. Shake, blow & wipe dry all the PM-10 parts and set in the sun to thoroughly dry while you clean the SCC.

 

Cleaning the SCC

 

  1. Disassemble the SCC by pulling off the Transfer Tube, unscrewing the Top Cap and the Empting Cup from the Chamber.
  2. Empty the plastic tub, clean, rinse and dry.  Then fill with fresh distilled water.
  3. Put the transfer tube, top cap and empting cup in the water and clean using the brushes.
  4. Rinse by squirting with distilled water, shake, blow and wipe and set in the sun to dry.
  5. On the chamber where the top cap screws on (the cone area) use a moist cloth to wipe clean and run the cloth through the hole.
  6. Squirt with distilled water to rinse.
  7. Use a pipe cleaner (folded to multiple thickness, if necessary) to clean in the orifices of the chamber assembly.
  8. Squirt with distilled water and rinse well.
  9. Shake, blow & wipe dry all the SCC parts and set in the sun to thoroughly dry

 

Check all the O-rings

 

Check all the O-rings on the PM-10 and SCC inlets. Make sure that they are not cut, nicked, chipped, deformed, etc.  Replace any that are.  Put a thin coating of Krytox grease on all the O-rings to assure a good seal when the inlets are reassembled.  Do not grease any threads!  If you have to grease threads to get a good seal, something else is wrong!!! The O-rings should do all the sealing not the threads.

 

Reassembling the inlets

PM-10 Inlet

  1. Reassemble the acceleration assembly by reattaching the top and lower plates with the insect screen.
  2. Screw the collector assembly to the acceleration assembly.
  3. Screw the rain jar to the collector assembly.

 

SCC Inlet

  1. Screw on the Top Cap, and then press on the Transfer Tube.
  2. Screw on the Emptying Cup.

 

 

Putting the Inlets back on the 5400

  1. Attach the PM-10 inlet to the SCC inlet
  2. Reinstall both inlets on the TEOM inlet tube.
  3. In TrackOps close the “5400 Inlet Cleaning” ticket.