How long does it take to heat up ultrasonic cleaner?
Ultrasonic cleaner heating power
Bill Pilkington
Last Update 7 months ago
It's important to understand that heaters built into an ultrasonic cleaners are relatively small when compared with, for example, a domestic kettle.
A kettle might hold around 2 ltr and be 2500 - 3000 watts. Heaters in our own brand Best Ultrasonic ultrasonic tanks are higher than most competitors:
3 litre ultrasonic tank has 1 x 100 watt heater (100w).
6 litre ultrasonic tank has 3 x 100 watt heater (300w).
10 litre ultrasonic tank has 1 x 500 watt heater (500w).
15 litre ultrasonic tank has 1 x 500 watt heater (500w).
22 litre ultrasonic tank has 2 x 500 watt heater (1000w).
27 litre ultrasonic tank has 2 x 500 watt heater (1000w).
There are a few factors that can effect the heat up time.
Our own brand of ultrasonic cleaner has rapid heating. A 27 ltr tank takes around 30 minutes to get from cold to operating temperature (60 degrees). This figure is based on the starting temperature of the fluid being around room temperature of 18-20 degrees centigrade. If you are in a cold workshop in winter, it will take longer.
One way to speed up the process is to turn the ultrasonics on. The components that generate ultrasonic sound wave are called transducers. When these are working, a side effect is that they also generate warmth and heat up the fluid, thus accelerating the heat-up time.
Another way to get up and running quicker is to use a low energy cleaning fluid. These work at lower temperature and so it takes less time to heat up. More info HERE>>>