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Dust trouble
Dust, Barb says. is the bane of her existence.
I have to tell you that I live with a rather meticulous housekeeper. Part of her life problems is that I am not as concerned as she is over the fine points of house cleaning. I do have to admit, however, that I have decided to take matters under advisement and perhaps foolishly have said, “Don’t worry Honey, I’ll look into it.”
Well, fellow Prevost owners, I have to admit it is not going well.
I have pulled out all of the Cruisair filters, washed, dried, and replaced them. I have put filter material discreetly over the cold air intake openings along the baseboards and still not seen any results. Frankly, I am tired of wrestling the refrigerator in and out of it’s cabinet and frustrated enough to ask for wisdom or help or both.
Have any of you had this complaint from Her Indoors and have you been able to resolve it satisfactorily?
No suggestion is too small or too hard.
Thanks
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Chuck and Barb, It is Jim and Barb’s bane also and I fear there is no answer.
We get the same dust when parked indoors in a garage with a washed concrete floor.
Traveling out and about in warm places there is much dust in all the surrounding air and it tends to get sucked inside. Don’t forget to turn the OTR air off when leaving a “clean” paved road. You forget one time and the dust will spew forth long agter you remember what you did.
The only answer I can come up with is to clean more often.
JIM
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There is a second answer that Jim is overlooking. Buy Barbie that new bus with a nice green interior.
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Jon,
Does Chuck realize your 97 has the Binford 3000 Dust-er-Nater and Barbies worries would be over!
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Now I like that!
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Chuck,
We make a lot of the dust ourselves. Much of the evidence is left on the clothes dryer filter. A new cotton towel will leave a quarter inch thick layer of lint. Do you remember holding your breath as a kid when you walked through the dust cloud that sunbeam suddenly made visible? Replacing all those luxurious cotton towels with microfiber ones cuts down the dust dramatically. And I’ll bet you two have cotton clothing. Keep the filters clean, turn the Dusternator up high, swap out your towels, start wearing silk underwear and putting silk sheets on the bed and you may be amazed at how little dust you stir up even when getting patted on the back for solving a monumental problem. -
Silk underwear, eh? Have to think about that.
Thanks for all the help…
BTW, has anyone cleaned out ducts? If so, is there a right way to do it? -
Chuck,
If you keep pursuing this you are going to make all of the rest of us feel bad. What’s worse is if you clean the ducts and it solves the problem Barbie is going to be so happy she will share her joy with our wives at the next rally so that means we will all be cleaning ducts. Is there any way we can convince you and Barbie that dust is a good thing?
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Just add an electrostatic air filter to the coach. There are
a number of them made that will even remove pollen from the air. The unit
simply takes air from the coach and cleans it with a charged filter that
attracts dust and returns clean air to the coach. Select an area easily accessible
then remove, wash and replace the filter as required. If you don’t want to have
it built in, there are a number of small portable unit available.If dust from the make-up air on your OTR air is bothering you,
add a particulate filter to the make-up air and change as required. An upgrade
may be to add a damper motor to the make-up air intake to close the damper. -
http://www.atmosair.com/residential/residential-products.html
Try this product. It works great at controlling dust and purifying the air and the surfaces.
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http://www.atmosair.com/residential/residential-products.html
Try this product. It works great at controlling dust and purifying the air and the surfaces.
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Hi Chuck,
I’m with Barb on this one…..dusting a least once a day has become a way of life when we are in the bus.
We did purchase an ionizer and have noticed an improvement. I’m amazed how dirty the blades get after just a few days.
When we are staying in one spot for a while, Creede Colorado 4 months every summer, I position it under the steering wheel and plug it in behind the drivers seat. I figure that most of the dust is probably coming in the entry door and it is well out of the way in this location. We generally don’t open the windows in Creede but keep the A/C on.
Here is a link to the one we purchased, it may not be as effective as the one Doug recommended, but then it doesn’t cost $700 either.
Let us know if you find a better solution!
Wayne & Jill
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With the mini-split hvac They have the hepa filters and being in three zones it seems to help a bunch. bob
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