Timeline for Ultrasonic cleaner power requirements, for cleaning chains before waxing
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| Jan 10, 2020 at 19:27 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | Also, if you're saying that a transducer isn't necessary at all, then are you saying that an ultrasonic cleaner isn't required? Transducers convert energy from one form to another: here, electric to sound. I can't see how you have an ultrasonic cleaner without a transducer. Molten Speed Wax's site does seem to say that an ultrasonic cleaner is optimal but not required. | |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 16:18 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | Agree with @gschenk. You effectively stated that you’re using 120W gross power. The question asked if 30-60W gross power was enough. Hence, this could be a good answer, but not to the question. | |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 16:13 | comment | added | gschenk | I've read this carefully and several times, yet I cannot follow you on the first part. You do use a (powerful) ultrasonic cleaner. Such a cleaner is a rather substantial investment. For its cost I could ride 8000 km on KMC chains and dispose them as soon as they need lube. For me the decision on whether to start waxing depends entirely on the requirements for such a device. I expect that others will ask themselves similar questions. | |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 13:14 | comment | added | gschenk | This is indeed very interesting, and quite a convincing of the advantages of waxing. Much better than the answers at bicycles.stackexchange.com/q/51188/30402 perhaps you may post it there as well? | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 20:17 | comment | added | jc allen | It is a log of a single chain and was done to establish a baseline of wattage comparison before and after rides to determine any marginal gains/losses in power with a newly waxed chain. As I stated in my response, the transducer is not absolutely necessary for cleaning the area between the roller bushings. That can be accomplished with manual agitation and/or compressed air. If you absolutely will not be satisfied with that; here you go. 2 super power industrial grade 60W ultrasonic transducers ((2x60 W=120W) | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 16:53 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | This is very interesting, but it seems like it is just a log of your mileage on one chain, and it doesn't say what power your cleaner's transducer used. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 16:26 | history | answered | jc allen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |