What is the best way to clean a Chairlift?

| Tuesday, December 20, 2011
By Jon Perry


Stairlifts can be dust magnets so which is the best method and products to use to clean your Stair-lift. Cleaning your Chairlifts should be an easy straight forward job. A quick dust down 2 times a week with a fabric duster or feather duster should be more than sufficient.

Avoid using water or cleaning solvents at all costs. For straight Stairlifts with Aluminium tracks rails can be wiped over with a damp cloth (Damp Not Wet) Then buff dry with a clean dry fabric.

The seat chair carriage can be cleaned using house polish! Spray the polish onto the cleaning cloth then rub and buff to a shine. (Never spray the polish directly onto the chair carriage)

Spraying house polish directly onto the carriage could cause damage to parts and circuit boards. If too much polish is applied it can find its way (Drip) thru air vents causing S/C Short Circuits or corrode fragile elements on the PCB printed circuit board.

Curved Stair-lift rails tracks shouldn't ever be cleaned with any type of solvent agents. Avoid house polish and DWD (Engineering oils) like the plague. Curved Stairlifts utilise a system where The speed of the Chairlift is monitored using an RMU! A roller sits on the track rail, as your Chair lift moves the roller rolls along the rail sending pulse information to the operating software.

By applying cleaning dissolving solutions to the rail the roller will lose friction and slip this action causes the Stairlift to receive incorrect pulses and the lift will stop shutdown. Typical symptoms intermittent stop starting! The lift will travel a few inches then stop. This symptom could also be caused thru flat batteries.

If you've got to remove marks from the rail a good rub with a damp cloth should remove most marks. For stubborn marks a light rub with wire wool or light grade emery paper should get the job done. The rail should appear matt not a shiny sheer gloss color.

Service cleaning of your Stair lift should be undertaken by a qualified engineer who should clean and lubricate the lift following the manufacturer's specification and guidelines on its yearly service inspection.




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